ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSISTIVE DEVICES
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Supplement II:

Mandates

UNITED NATIONS
New York, 1997

ST/ESCAP/1774

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Sales No. E.98.II.F.7
Copyright © United Nations 1997
ISBN: 92-1-119775-9

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CONTENTS

I. EXCERPTS FROM UNITED NATIONS Mandates ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

1. General Assembly Resolution 3447(XXX). Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)
2. United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993)
3. Agenda for Action for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002 (1993)
4. Targets and Recommendations for Implementation of the Agenda for Action for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1996)
5. Gender Dimension of Implementation of the Agenda for Action for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1996)

II. EXCERPTS FROM INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

1. Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials
2. Nairobi Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials
3. Report of the Standing Committee of the Bangkok Agreeement on its Fourteenth Session

III. EXCERPTS FROM NATIONAL LEGISLATION CONCERNING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

1. China
   • Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons
2. India
   • The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
3. Pakistan
   • Ordinance No. XL of 1981 (An Ordinance to Provide for the Employment, Rehabilitation and Welfare of Disabled Persons)
4. Philippines
   • Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
5. Republic of Korea
   • The Welfare Law for Persons with Disabilities
   • Act Relating to Employment Promotion, Etc. of the Handicapped
   • Special Education Promotion Law
   • The Presidential Decree of Special Education Promotion Law
6. Sri Lanka
   • Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

IV. CUSTOMS DUTIES AND IMPORT POLICIES

1. Background
2. India
3. Philippines
4. Republic of Korea
5. Sri Lanka

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ISBN: 92-1-119775-9
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