Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons
Report of the Secretary-General**
A/56/169 and corr. 1
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Fifty-sixth session
Item 121 of the preliminary list*
Social development, including questions
relating to the world social situation and to
youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family
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I. Introduction
1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 54/121
of 17 December 1999, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a
report on the implementation of that resolution to it at its fifty-sixth session through
the Commission for Social Development. The Secretary-General submitted an interim report
to the thirty-ninth session of the Commission (E/CN.5/2001/7), which focused on progress
in implementing the priorities for action to further equalization of opportunities of
persons with disabilities, as identified in paragraph 4 of the resolution. The present
report should be read in conjunction with the interim report.
2. The current report is divided into four parts. The first section describes recent
policy and programme initiatives related to persons with disabilities and is based on
information submitted by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, organizations of
the United Nations system as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The second and
third sections examine progress in equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons
with disabilities in selected fields of activity and with reference to regional frameworks
for cooperation in Africa and in Asia and the Pacific. The fourth section considers
substantive aspects of a framework for the fourth review and appraisal of the World
Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, which will be submitted to the Assembly
at its fifty-seventh session pursuant to paragraph 7 of Assembly resolution 52/82 of 12
December 1997.
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* A/56/50.
** The present report contains responses from States as at 6 July
2001, the deadline set on the note verbale on the subject, dated 15 June 2001
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