Committee negotiating disability Convention to meet at United Nations, 1-12 August
Negotiations on the first-ever convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities will resume at a two-week session to be held from 1 to 12 August at United Nations Headquarters (Conference Room 4).
Meeting for its sixth session, the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities will conduct a second reading of articles 16 to 24, which address issues such as children with disabilities, education, accessibility and personal mobility.
These articles also cover the rights to health and rehabilitation, the right to work, social security and adequate standards of living, and participation in political and public life, cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport.
At its previous session, held from 24 January to 2 February, the Ad Hoc Committee conducted informal discussions on articles 7 to 15.
The Ad Hoc Committee has a new chairperson -- Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, who served as Coordinator of the Committee. He was elected chairperson on 13 April, succeeding Ambassador Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, who was appointed Ambassador of Ecuador to Australia.
Lunchtime side events will feature presentations by delegations, disability organizations, UN agencies and others, on issues such as disability rights, education, rehabilitation, advocacy, inclusion and international cooperation. For a list of side events, see http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc6sideevents.htm.
For information, visit http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc6.htm or contact the UN Global Programme on Disability, enable@un.org, Facsimile: +1-212-963-0111, or Edoardo Bellando, United Nations Department of Public Information, Tel.: (212) 963-8275, e-mail: bellando@un.org.
2005-10-20 00:00:00
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