The Second Session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities was organized by ESCAP in cooperation with the Government of India through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2 to 3 March 2015 in New Delhi, India. The Session was convened in pursuance of the recommendations made and the rules of procedure adopted by the Working Group, at its First Session (25-26 February 2014, Incheon, Republic of Korea).
30 Working Group members reviewed the regional progress in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, including in the implementation of decisions taken at the First Session, and discuss other relevant issues pertaining to the implementation of the Incheon Strategy to "Make the Right Real" for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific.
The Working Group made four decisions and had seven recommendations. According to one recommendation, the ESCAP secretariat completed the Operational Guide: Disability-inclusive Meetings.
Meeting Documents
Tentative Programme
[English only]
Provisional Agenda
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Annotated Provisional Agenda
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ESCAP summary report on Implementation of the Incheon Strategy to Make the Right Real for Persons with Disabilities
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Draft Operational Guide on Disability-inclusive Meetings
[English only]
Information Note for Participants
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Background Documents
Proposal of the General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
[English only]
Report on the First Session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, Incheon, Republic of Korea
[English only]
Road map for the Implementation of the Incheon Strategy to "Make the Right Real" for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
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Report of the Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Beiing+20 Review, Bangkok, 17-20 November 2014
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Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Commission Resolution 69/13: Implementation of the Ministerial Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, and the Incheon Strategy to "Make the Right Real" for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
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Government members' reports on the Implementation of the Incheon Strategy to Make the Right Real for Persons with Disabilities
- Bhutan
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
- Samoa
- Thailand
Civil Society Organization (CSO) members' reports on the Implementation of the Incheon Strategy to Make the Right Real for Persons with Disabilities
- ADF
- APDPO United
- Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability
- Asia Pacific Disability Forum
- Central Asian Disability Forum
- Daisy Consortium
- DPI-AP
- Inclusion International and Parivaar - National Confederation
of Parents’ Organization - Pacific Disability Forum
- Rehabilitation International
- South Asian Disability Forum
- World Blind Union
- World Federation of the Deaf Regional Secretariat in Asia
- World Federation of the Deaf and Blind
- World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
Previous Sessions
- First Session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, 25 - 26 February 2014, Incheon, Republic of Korea.