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Committee negotiating disability Convention to meet at United Nations, 1-12 August
[Last updated Wednesday, July 20, 2005]
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.
INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL TEAM NAME | DATES IN NEW YORK | Diane Richler, | August 3rd- 8th | Zuhy Sayeed | TBD | Connie Laurin Bowie | July 28th- August 4th | Anna MacQuarrie | July 29th- August 12th | Desmond Corrigon | July 31st- August 13th | Robert Martin | July 31st – August 9th | Eneida Ferrer | July 31st- August 12th | Haydee Beckles | July 31st- August 12th | Sue Swenson | TBD | Susan Beayni | July 31st – August 4th | Rebecca Beayni | July 31st – August 4th | Nicole Beayni | July 31st – August 4th | Anne Mongillo | July 31st – August 4th |
All Inclusion International Delegates are staying at the New York Helmsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd Street NY, NY 10017 Phone: 1-800-221-4982 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. Inclusion International's side event will take place on 3rd August 2005: “Self-Advocacy and Inclusion”. Amongst the speaker are Robert Martin and Haydee Beckles, two self-advocates members of the Council of Inclusion International.
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.
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