Review and appraisal of the
World Programme of Action
concerning Disabled Persons

Report of the Secretary-General
Fifty-second session
Item 104 of the provisional agenda
16 September 1997

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CONTENTS

• I. Introduction
• II. Trends in policies and programmes from the disability perspective
  • A. Disability perspective on development
  • B. Issues in integration and mainstreaming of persons with disabilities
  • C. Trends in disability policies and programmes since 1992 at the national, regional and international levels
    • 1. Policy instruments adopted since 1992
    • 2. Treatment of disability issues by recent United Nations conferences
• III. Progress achieved and obstacles encountered in the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons in the period since the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons
  • A. Progress that can be attributed to the Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond
  • B. Progress that can be attributed to the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
  • C. Quantitative bases to assess the progress made and to identify the obstacles encountered in the implementation of the World Programme of Action
  • D. Factors influencing the implementation of the World Programme of Action
    • 1. Resource framework: knowledge, people, skills and finances
    • 2. Policy framework
    • 3. Institutional framework, including coordination mechanisms
• IV. Issues in the development of indicators on disability
  • A. Progress made in the development of statistics and indicators on disability
  • B. Information currently available for the development of indicators
  • C. Issues in monitoring and data collection
• V. Selected issues in accessibility to bodies and organizations of the United Nations system for persons with disabilities
• VI. Conclusions and recommendations

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