The Social Development Division of the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Regional Office for
South East Asia of the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR) are organizing the "Expert
Group Meeting on the Harmonization of National
Legislations with the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific" in
Bangkok, Thailand, from 8 to 10 June 2009. The
Meeting aims to facilitate the harmonization of
domestic legislative frameworks in countries of
Asia and the Pacific with the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by providing
the conceptual underpinning and a set of policy
options and recommendations.
