Documents:

• Report of the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development on monitoring of the implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
• Statement of the Special Rapporteur to the Commission for Social Development, 11 February 2011
• Draft Resolution on Further promotion of equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons with disabilities and mainstreaming disability in the development agenda

Panel Discussion on Mainstreaming Disability in Development for Poverty Eradication, 10 February 2011, 1:15- 2:45, Conference Room B, NLB. (See Background Note and Flyer)

• Moderator: Mr. Shuaib Chalklen, Special Rapporteur on Disability
• Facilitator: Ms. Akiko Ito, Chief of SCRPD, UN DESA 
• Panelists:
  • Mr. Ronald Winman, Development Manager, Finnish National Institute for Health
    and Welfare (THL), Finland;
  • Ms. Stefanie Ruff, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
  • Ms. Christian Boe Kielland, Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, Norway
  • Mr. Keiichiro Nakazawa, Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA- USA Office)
  • Ms. Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo, Coordinator, Office of Disability and Inclusive Development (USAID)
  • Ms. Maria Veronica Reina, Executive Director, GPDD-Global Partnership for Disability and Development