November
30, 2017
Dr
Win Myat Aye, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement,
attended the High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Mid-Point Review of
the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities being held in
People’s Republic of China.
The
meeting was held with the intention of reviewing development situations
including the difference to be experienced and challenges in carrying out the
Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2013-2022) and the
Incheon Strategy, discussing instructions on policies for further implementation,
upgrading the implementation for the remaining half of the decade and laying
down a notification through discussions.
Present
at the meeting were representatives of governmental institutions from 35
countries in Asian and Pacific Regions, UN Agencies, civil societies and
disabilities-related organisations.
At
the meeting, law, rules and regulations on rights for the disabled, formation
of a national committee, disabilities-related social protection, examination of
situations on child development, resettlement, a convention on opportunities of
disabled persons, the UN, Incheon Strategy and cooperation between goals of
sustainable development, it was learnt.
Myanmar
learned about the Incheon Strategy currently implemented in regional countries
and the experiences and difficulties of all-inclusive development, and how to
upgrade international cooperation which can result in human resources and
techniques to help the disabled.
During
the meeting, the Union Minister held talks with the disabled development
association of the Korean Government and the Asian and Pacific region disabled
development team committee, it was learnt.—MNA
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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