Lets change the subject a bit, and focus on a Reasonable Accommodations Project, the Diamond Star Project, the Pacific RIm, the International Meetings at teh HUD Opeative, and the United Nations, and the WORLD Ecomony. I hope the United Nations wont be angery at this on Facebook, but its the most important issue of our time, with Health Care and what we need to do, with a Disablity Specific Airport. A United Nations Report. Persons with disabilities that live in Asia and the Pacific, As we launch the new Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013–2022, let us focus on addressing the remaining challenges. By adopting — and implementing — the Incheon Strategy, you can help to ensure a disability- inclusive post-2015 development agenda Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations Explanatory note on ESCAP ESCAP is the regional development arm of the United Nations and serves as the main economic and social development centre for the United Nations in Asia and the Pacific. Its mandate is to foster cooperation among its 53 members and 9 associate members. ESCAP provides the strategic regional link between global and country-level programmes and issues. It supports Governments of the ESCAP region in consolidating regional positions and advocates regional approaches to meeting unique Asian and Pacific socioeconomic challenges in a globalizing world. The ESCAP secretariat is located in Bangkok. For more information, please visit our website at . ESCAP Members and Associate Members Members Afghanistan Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Fiji France Georgia India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Uzbekistan Vanuatu Viet Nam Associate Members American Samoa Cook Islands French Polynesia Guam Hong Kong, China Macao, China New Caledonia Niue Northern Mariana Islands Contents Introduction 2 Ministerial Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013–2022 3 Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific 11 A. Background 14 B. Key principles and policy direction 15 C. Incheon goals and targets 19 D. Modalities for effective implementation: national, subregional and regional levels 37 1. National level 37 2. Subregional level 39 3. Regional level 39 Annex Terms of reference of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities 42 Introduction Governments of the ESCAP region gathered in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 29 October to 2 November 2012 to chart the course of the new Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities for the period 2013 to 2022. They were joined by representatives of civil society organizations, including organizations of and for persons with disabilities. Also in attendance were representatives of intergovernmental organizations, development cooperation agencies and the United Nations system. The High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Implementation of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003–2012, was organized by ESCAP and hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea. The Meeting marked the conclusion of the second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003–2012, and launched the new Decade. The Governments at the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting adopted 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. The Incheon Strategy provides the Asian and Pacific region, and the world, with the first set of regionally agreed disability-inclusive development goals. Developed over more than two years of consultations with governments and civil society stakeholders, the Incheon Strategy comprises 10 goals, 27 targets and 62 indicators. The Incheon Strategy builds on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action and Biwako Plus Five towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific. The Incheon Strategy will enable the Asian and Pacific region to track progress towards improving the quality of life, and the fulfilment of the rights, of the region’s 650 million persons with disabilities, most of whom live in poverty. The ESCAP secretariat is mandated to report every three years until the end of the Decade in 2022, on progress in the implementation of the Ministerial Declaration and the Incheon Strategy. Ministerial Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013–2022 We, the ministers and representatives of members and associate members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) assembled at the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Implementation of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003–2012, held at Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 29 October to 2 November 2012, Recalling General Assembly resolution 37/52 of 3 December 1982, in which the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 1 and resolution 48/96 of 20 December 1993, in which the Assembly adopted the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, in which persons with disabilities are recognized as both development agents and beneficiaries in all aspects of development, Also recalling General Assembly resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006, in which the Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, which entered into force on 3 May 2008, Further recalling General Assembly resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010, entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, in which the Assembly, inter alia, recognized that policies and actions must focus on the poor and those living in the most vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, so that they benefit from progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, Welcoming the decision of the General Assembly to hold the High-level Meeting on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, at the level of heads of State and Government, on 23 September 2013, with the overarching theme “The way forward: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond”, 2 1 A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII, recommendation 1 (IV).
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