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Protection, Empowerment, Equality

Social Development in Asia-Pacific

Meeting Document

Related link on the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, 23 September 2013

7 May 2013
Issue: Disability
Resource Type: Meeting Document
Related link on the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, 23 September 2013:   http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1590

General Assembly report and resolutions

7 May 2013
Issue: Disability
Resource Type: Meeting Document
Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation on a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond, 15 - 16  May 2013 

General Assembly report and resolutions

Report of the Secretary-General, A/67/211

ESCAP report and resolutions

7 May 2013
Issue: Disability
Resource Type: Meeting Document
Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation on a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond, 15 - 16  May 2013 

ESCAP report and resolutions

Incheon Strategy Baseline Survey

16 Apr 2013
Issue: Disability
Resource Type: Meeting Document
ESCAP regional survey on the availability of national baseline data for the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Report on Celebration to “Make the Right Real”: Promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar

14 Feb 2013
Issue: Make The Right Real
Resource Type: Meeting Document
Report on Celebration to “Make the Right Real”: Promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar
 
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2 Apr 2012
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The Disability, Livelihoods and Poverty project focuses on understanding the dynamics of disability, livelihoods and poverty from the voices of persons with disabilities themselves. ESCAP is partnering with disabled persons organisations (DPOs) in eight countries to conduct both quantitative and qualitative action research to generate new data on the livelihoods of persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.

22 Jan 2013
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
 
Convention and Optional Protocol Signatures and Ratifications in the Asia-Pacific region

  36 signatures to the Convention
  27 ratifications or accessions to the Convention
10 Jan 2013
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A database of disability policy in Asia and the Pacific

17 May 2013
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Asia-Pacific Input to the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, New York, 23 September 2013

Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation on a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond, 15 - 16  May 2013 
13 May 2013
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Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation on a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond

9 May 2013
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Timeline for Preparation of the High-Level Meeting on Disability and Development (HLMDD) (New York, 23 September 2013), as of 18 April 2013
7 May 2013
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Related link on the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, 23 September 2013:   http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1590

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5 Jun 2012
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ESCAP resolution 68/7: Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022

3 Dec 1982
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General Assembly resolution.

To access the document, click here.

13 Dec 2006
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Global policy document.

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