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111 Fronczek, Valerie and Robert Yates, ’ProjectReview: Child and youth friendly communitiesinitiative’, Society for Children and Youth of BC,2003 . See also , accessed 20 January 2007.112 UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Poverty andExclusion among Urban Children, op. cit.113 Quinn, Gerard, et al., Human Rights andDisability, op. cit. For further on international,regional and national laws pertaining todisability, see the Syracuse University LawSchool reference .114 Wiman, R. (ed.), Disability Dimension inDevelopment Action, op. cit.115 Education For All Global Development Report2007, Latin America and Caribbean RegionalReview, UNESCO, Paris, 2007, p. 16. See also.116 Communication from UNICEF Regional Officefor Latin America and the Caribbean, April 2007.117 Saleh, Lena and Sai Väyrynen, ’InclusiveEducation’, op. cit.118 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child,Concluding Observations on the Rights of theChild: Turkey, op. cit.119 Lansdown, G., Disabled Children in South Africa,op. cit.120 Keskusliitto, Lastensuojelun, Written Submissionin Response to the Second Periodic Report ofFinland, 9 October 2000, .121 World Health Organization Disabilityand Rehabilitation Team, ’Disability andRehabilitation Status’, WHO, Geneva, 2001.122 International Labour Organization, ’Draft Codeof Practice on Managing Disability in theWorkplace’, 2001, .123 World Health Organization Disabilityand Rehabilitation Team, ’Disability andRehabilitation Status’, op. cit.124 Rioux, Marcia H., ’Enabling the Well-Being ofPersons with Disabilities’, presented to theWorld Bank, Washington, D.C., 1998; andEntourage, vol. 11, nos 2-3 (1998).125 General Comment by the CRC Committee.126 UNICEF, Implementation of the Conventionon the Rights of the Child, UNICEF InnocentiResearch Centre, Florence, forthcoming 2007.127 Save the Children Alliance, Disabled Children’sRights, op. cit.128 United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization, 2005 op. cit., p. 33.129 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asiaand the Pacific: .130 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asiaand the Pacific, ’Review of National Progress inthe Implementation of Targets and Strategies ofthe Biwako Millennium Framework for Actiontowards an Inclusive, Barrier-Free and Rights-Based Society for Persons with Disabilities inAsia and the Pacific’, Working Document 2,ESCAP, Bangkok, 2004 .131 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asiaand the Pacific, ’Programme Planning andEvaluation: Monitoring and evaluation: Reviewof a selected flagship project’, E/ESCAP/CESI(2)/10, ESCAP, Bangkok, 2005 . Seealso Nagata, K., ’Perspectives on Disability,Poverty and Development in the Asian Region’,Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, vol.18, No. 1 (2007), pp. 3-19.132 ; .133 .134 .135 Eurobarometer Survey on the European Year ofPeople with Disabilities, published 17 February2004; see also .136 Make Development Inclusive (InternationalDisability and Development Consortium),; seealso .Conclusions137 Saleh, Lena, ’Rights of Children with SpecialNeeds’, op. cit.138 Ibid.43 Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities Innocenti Digest No. 13
LINKS 1UNITED NATIONS SYSTEMOffice of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Human Rights (OHCHR)8-14 Avenue de la Paix, CH 1211 Geneva 10,SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 917 9000; Fax: +41 22 917 9016Email: InfoDesk@ohchr.org; Website: www.ohchr.orgOHCHR plays the leading role in the UN systemon human rights issues, promotes internationalcooperation for human rights, undertakes preventivehuman rights action and carries out human rightsfield activities and operations. The website providesaccess to all comments on States parties reports bythe Committee on the Rights of the Child.United Nations Department of Economic andSocial Affairs (UNDESA)2 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, USATel: +1 212 963 1234; Fax: +1 212 963 1010Email: esa@un.org; Websites: www.un.org/esa;www.un.org/esa/socdev/enableThe main objective of the Department's programmeis to promote broad-based and sustainabledevelopment through a multidimensionaland integrated approach to economic, social,environmental, population and gender related aspectsof development. In relation to disabled people, theSecretariat for the Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities within UNDESA Division forSocial Policy and Development works to assist thepromotion of effective measures for the preventionof disability and the realization of the goals of fullparticipation of persons with disabilities in social lifeand of equality.The UN Enable website (above) brings together awide range of resources directly relevant to personswith disabilities, including the text of the Conventionon the Rights of Persons with Disabilities andinformation concerning international and regionaldevelopments and resources.United Nations Statistics Division – HumanFunctioning and Disability SectionWebsite: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/disabilityAn online database of statistics on human functioningand disability, with specific concentration on majorconcerns, citing sources of data, and providing a listof statistical products and databases.International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF)Website: www.who.int/classifications/icf/site/icftemplate.cfmThe ICF is a WHO classification of health and healthrelated topics that describe body function, structures,activities and participation. This database has awealth of information on disabilities and proposes anew international definition of disability. It includessome resources focusing on children.International Labour Organization (ILO)4, route des Morillons; CH-1211 Geneva 22,SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 799 6111; Fax: +41 22 798 8685Email: ilo@ilo.org; Website: www.ilo.orgBy formulating international labour standards inthe form of Conventions and Recommendations,the ILO seeks the promotion of social justice andinternationally recognized human and labour rights. Itprovides guidance on the management of disabilityissues in the workplace through a Draft Code aimedat ensuring that persons with disabilities are treatedequally and have equal opportunities at work. Thecode is intended to assist private and public sectoremployers, employers’ organizations, workers’organizations and public sector agencies responsiblefor national policy.United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO)7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, FranceTel: +33 1 45 68 1813; Fax: +33 1 45 68 5626/28Website: www.unesco.org/educationAs a leading partner in the Education for All (EFA)initiative, UNESCO works to meet the challengeof providing quality education for all, together withother multilateral agencies, governments, bilateralagencies, civil society and NGOs. UNESCO’s actionin the field of inclusive education has been setwithin the ’inclusive education’ framework adoptedat the Salamanca Conference in 1994. The InclusiveEducation branch of UNESCO has many materials,case studies, policies and numerous resources thatpertain to the education of children with disabilitiesand special needs.1The websites provided in this section are external sites.Innocenti Digest No. 13Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities44
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