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AD HOC COMMITTEE ON
AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

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Working Group of the Ad Hoc Committee on Comprehensive and Integral Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
New York, 5 - 16 January 2004

Proposed Draft Organization of Work


Note: The following versions of the proposed draft organization of work were submitted by:
the Mission of Ecuador (version 11 December 2003)
and NGOs (version 15 December 2003, text in italics)


Proposed Draft Organization of Work
Time Mon. 5 January Tue. 6 January Wed. 7 January Thur. 8 January Fri. 9 January
10:00am - 1:00pm 1. Opening of the session

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Organization of Work

4. Preparation of a draft text for a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities, including options for the elements of the text:
(a) Background and General Approach
(b) Preamble
(c) Statement of Objectives and General Principles (Mission of Ecuador)

4. Preparation of a draft text for a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities, including options for the elements of the text:
Background and General Approach
Review the proposals regarding the preamble (NGOs)

4. (d) Scope of applications/Definitions (Mission of Ecuador)

Review the proposals regarding the definitions (NGOs)

4. (d) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Review the proposals regarding guarantee of Specific Rights (NGOs)

4. (e) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Review the proposals regarding Monitoring Mechanisms (NGOs)

4. (f) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Group Work (NGOs)

3:00pm - 6:00pm 4. (c) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Review the proposalas regarding Statement of Objectives and General Principles (NGOs)

4. (d) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Review the proposals regarding Guarantee of Equality and Non-Discrimination and General Obligations of States Parties (NGOs)

4. (e) General Obligations of State Parties (Mission of Ecuador)

Review the proposals regarding guarantee of Specific Rights (NGOs)

4. (f) Guarantee of Equality and Non-Discrimination (Mission of Ecuador)

Group Work:
Group 1: Preamble, objectives, principles and general state party obligations,
Group 2: Guarantee of specific rights,
Group 3: Definitions and monitoring mechanism (NGOs)

4. (g) Guarantee of Specific Rights (Mission of Ecuador)

Group Work (NGOs)

 

Time Mon. 12 January Tue. 13 January Wed. 14 January Thur. 15 January Fri. 16 January
10:00am - 1:00pm 4. (g) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Plenary presentation and discussion of draft report by group 1 (NGOs)

4. (h) Monitoring Mechanisms (Mission of Ecuador)

Plenary presentation and discussion of draft report by group 3 (NGOs)

4. (h) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Presentation of modified, final drafts

4. (i) continued (Mission of Ecuador)
5. Recommendations of the Working Group relating to its draft text of a convention

Final/Miscellaneous provisions (NGOs)

6. Consideration and adoption of the Report of the Working Group (Mission of Ecuador)

6. Consideration and adoption of the Report of the Working Group (NGOs)

3:00pm - 6:00pm 4. (g) continued (Mission of Ecuador)

Plenary presentation and discussion of draft report by group 2 (NGOs)

4. (h) continued)(Mission of Ecuador)

Group Work to finalise drafts (NGOs)

4. (i) Final/Miscellaneous provisions (Mission of Ecuador)

Presentation of modified, final drafts (NGOs)

5. continued (Mission of Ecuador)

5. Recommendations of the Working Group relating to its draft text of a convention (NGOs)

6. continued (Mission of Ecuador)

6. Consideration and adoption of the Report of the Working Group (NGOs)

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