Events and Conferences
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Call for Action on Poverty, Lack of Access and Discrimination
21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International
25—28 August 2008, Quebec City, Canada
Panel Discussion: Mainstreaming Disability in the Development Agenda
Commission for Social Development
United Nations Headquarters - Conference Room 4
10:00 a.m., Tuesday, 12 February 2008
PANELISTS:
Ms. Rosangela Berman-Bieler, Executive Director
Inter-American Institute on Disability & Inclusive Development
New York, U.S.A.
Ms. Venus M. Ilagan, National Project Director
Breaking Barriers for Children (DANIDA project)
Immediate Past Chairperson & Representative for International
Relations, Disabled Peoples’ International
Manila, Philippines
Ms. Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Senior Operations Officer
World Bank
Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Ms. Barbara Murray, Senior Disability Specialist
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Ronald Wiman, Senior Social Development Advisor
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Helsinki, Finland
MODERATOR:
Ambassador Claude Heller
Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
New York, U.S.A.
RI, in collaboration with RI members in Mexico, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, and the National System for the Integral Development of the Family
April 15-16, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico
Implementing the UN Disability Rights Convention in Latin America:
Partnerships, Strategies and Action
For more information, contact:
Andrés Balcázar at: abalcazar@abc-discapacidad.com
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