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This double issue of the Bulletin contains reports on the
discussion of
disability policies and programmes at the World Summit for Social Development
and the fiftieth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Bulletin also includes a feature article on the land mines crisis
and a brief review of 1995 project cycle activities of the United Nations
Voluntary Fund on Disability.
This issue of the Bulletin focuses on the work of the Special
Rapporteur
on Disability of the Commission for Social Development. Mr. Bengt Lindqvist,
related to the circulation of his second questionnaire to Governments on
monitoring the implementation of the Standard Rules on Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. It also includes brief reports
on preparations for the Tenth Paralympic Games and the Third
Paralympics
Congress, which will be held in Atlanta, United States of America, and on
selected activities of the non-governmental community.
This double issue of the Bulletin focuses on two major events in
which the Division for Social Policy and Development of the United Nations Secretariat
participated: the Third Paralympic Congress and the 1996 observation of
the International Day of Disabled Persons.
This special issue of the Bulletin is devoted to reporting on the
Global Workshop on Children with Disabilities, which was held at
Washington, D.C. from 5 to 7 February 1997.
The Bulletin also reviews a number of other activities in the
field, including the discussion of the report of the Special
Rapporteur on Disability by the Commission for Social Development at
its thirty-fifth session.
- Special Events
- World Summit for Social Development
(Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995)
- International Day of Disabled Persons
(3 December 1995)
- Fiftieth Session of the General Assembly
- Improving accessibility at the United Nations
- Monitoring implementation of the Standard Rules
- Feature Article
- Cooperation with the Non-Governmental Community
- Forty-eight Annual DPI/NGO Conference
- Rehabilitation International
- International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap
- United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability
- Background
- Activities in 1995
- Feature Article
- Monitoring implementation of the Standard Rules:
second questionnaire of the Special Rapporteur
on Disability
- Special Events
- Tenth Paralympic Games (Atlanta, 16-27 August 1996)
- Third Paralympic Congress (Atlanta, 12-16 August 1996)
- Activities of the Non-Governmental Community
- Quality of Life Movement
- World Federation of Psychiatric Users
- Asia Disability Institute, and Human Care Association (Japan)
- Publication Notes
- Manual for the Development of Statistical Information
for Disability Programmes and Policies
- UNESCO video on World Conference on Special
Needs Education
- Third Paralympics Congress
- United Nations support for sports and persons with disabilities
- International Day of Disabled Persons
- Feature articles
- United Nations activities concerning the blind
- Anti-personnel mines update
- United Nations disability statistics
- Cooperation with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations
- American Foundation for the Blind
- Independence Alliance
- Appropriate Health Resource Technologies Action Group
- European Union and persons with disabilities
- World Institue on Disability
- Federation of Disabled Workers and Civilian Handicapped
- People First of Anchorage, Alaska
- United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability
- Publication notes
- The Disability dimension in Development Action: Manual on Inclusive Planning
- "Society for all" home page
- Global Workshop on Children with Disabilities
(Washington D.C., 5-7 February 1997)
- Background
- Opening and guest statements
- Mr. Stephen F. Mosley (Academy for Educational Development)
- Ambassador Benny Kimberg (DANIDA)
- Ms. Fay Chung (UNICEF)
- Mr. John Langmore (United Nations Secretariat)
- Working Group sessions
- Working Group I. Family involvement for children with disabilities
- Working Group II. Coordinating services for economic development
- Working Group III. Coordinating services for social development
- Working Group IV. Public awareness and information sharing
- Working Group V. Protection and rights of children with disabilities
- Concurrent sessions
- Family involvement for children with disabilities
- Coordinating education and health programmes
- Public awareness and information sharing
- Protection and rights of children with disabilities
- Pre-workshop activities
- Thirty-Fifth Session of the Commission for Social Development
- NGO Statement
- Special contribution by Dr. Eustace, Kyroussis, Head of Mission of Medicins
Sans Frontieres of Belgium: We must not forget the handicapped people in Vardenis
institutions
- Statement by DA (Yes We Can) International: The wheelchair of the future - today
- Propagation of the concept of community-based rehabilitation in Sri Lanka
- Note on People First of Alaska International Fourth People First Conference
(Anchorage, Alaska, April 1998)
- United States National Council on Disability honours Bengt Lindqvist
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