PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.G
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATESCAJP/GT/DDD-42/07 rev. 3
16 March 2007
COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRSOriginal: Spanish
Working Group to Prepare a Program of Action
for the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity
of Persons with Disabilities (2006-2016)
For the Equality, Dignity, and Participation of Persons with Disabilities
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT FOR THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROGRAM OF ACTION
for the DECADE OF THE AMERICAS FOR the rights and dignity of PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES (2006-2016), CONTAINING THE OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS
OF THE OAS MEMBER STATES
(Specific Measures Section: Employment)
(Document prepared by the Chair and the Vice Chair)
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT FOR THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROGRAM OF ACTION
for the DECADE OF THE AMERICAS FOR the rights and dignity of PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (2006-2016), CONTAINING THE OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS OF THE OAS MEMBER STATES
(Specific Measures Section: Employment)
(Document prepared by the Chair and the Vice Chair)
EXPLANATORY NOTE: The purpose of this document is to facilitate drafting of the Program entrusted to the Working Group and to assist or complement its activities.
PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONSOLIDATED TEXTEmployment / SUGGESTED WORDING
d.Venezuela: Develop special plans for segments of the population made up of young people and adults with disabilities with respect to employment policy, prevention of occupational illnesses and accidents, health, safety in the workplace, social security, vocational training and retraining, and human resource development, that include, inter alia:
-Monitoring of job preservation, loss, or change.
-Consideration of flexible work schedules, part-time work, and job-sharing options.
-Adoption of measures to design and adapt workplaces to make them accessible to persons with disabilities. (Summarize these three items.)
-Work at home for persons with disabilities, taking advantage of new technologies and the development and production of assistive resources, instruments, and equipment, in order to enable them to obtain and retain jobs. / c.Venezuela: Develop comprehensive plans for persons with disabilities, with respect to, inter alia, employment policy, prevention of occupational illnesses and accidents, health, safety in the workplace, social security, vocational training and retraining, and human resource development, including ... *** PENDING
NOTE: The Chair requested Venezuela to present a new proposal containing the concerns (considering the three items highlighted in the opposite column).
Note: Paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), agreed upon at the meeting of February 23, 2007, were transferred to document CAJP/GT/DDD-34/07 rev. 6, under section IV, Specific Measures (Employment).