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Back to: Proposed Modifications by Governments
Pp (g)
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
Recognizing further the diversity of kinds of disabilities.
Pp (n)
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
Replace “gender” with “sex” and replace “discrimination” with “distinction” in accordance with Article 2 (1) from Part II of the ICCPR.
Venezuela
Incluir en el parrafo n) la mencion indigena
Pp (o)
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
Delete “including their gender based manifestations.”
Pp (p)
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Syria
Delete it and replace it with the language of Article 3 paragraph (2) of CRC to read as follows; “States Parties undertake to ensure the child with disability such protection and care as is necessary for his or her well-being, taking into account the rights and duties of his or her parents, legal guardians, or other individuals legally responsible for him or her, and, to this end, shall take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures.”
Pp (q)
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
Delete it because it is redundant and vague.
Pp (s)
Arab Group
Concerned that situations of armed conflict, foreign occupation, and the occurrence of natural disasters have considerably increased the experience of disability in war-stricken and disaster-prone countries, as well as having especially devastating consequences for the human rights of persons with disabilities;
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Concerned that situations of armed conflict have especially devastating consequences for the enjoyment of the human rights of persons with disabilities, and reaffirming the obligations of parties to armed conflict under international humanitarian and human rights law;
Pp (u)
Canada
Realizing that the individual, having duties to other individuals and to the community to which he or she belongs, is under a responsibility to strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the present convention (DELETE International Bill of Human Rights,)
Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Sudan
We want to retain this paragraph as is, and would like to draw your attention to the discrepancy in the translation of the word “Bill” between the English, Arabic and French texts.
Pp (v bis)
Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates
Convinced that the family, as the fundamental group of society and the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members should receive support, information, and services to enable it to contribute towards the full and equal enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities.
European Union
Convinced that the persons with disabilities and their family members should receive support, information, and services to enable it to contribute towards the full and equal enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities.
Other matters
Bangladesh
Add:
1. Recognizing the importance of ensuring fundamental freedoms, human rights and equal opportunity for all persons with disabilities as indispensable for achieving all types of development framework, strategy, target, goal etc.
2. Emphasizing the importance of mainstreaming the disability issue as an integral part of all strategies of sustainable development and social change.
China
Recognizing an evolving concept of disability where disability is a state of participation restriction resulted from interaction between an individual with impairments and environmental barriers.