To the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

11th Conference of States Parties

to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

12-14 June 2018, Conference Room 4, UNHQ, New York

Tuesday, 12 June
9:00 am – 12:00 pm / Wednesday, 13 June
10:00 am – 1:00 pm / Thursday, 14 June
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Opening of the 11th session of the Conference of States Parties (item 1) - Chaired by H.E. Mr. Georgi Panayotov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN, President of the Conference
Opening statements:
1.Mr. Georgi Panayotov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN, President of the Conference
2.Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
3.Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility
4. Ms. Theresia Degener, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
5. Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
6. Mr. Colin Allen, Civil society coordination mechanism, Civil Society Representative
Adoption of the agenda (item 2)
Organization of work (item 3)
Election of Members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (item 4)
Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: general debate (item 5a) / Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: Round Table 1: National fiscal space, public-private partnerships and international cooperation for strengthening the implementation of the CRPD (item 5 (b(i)) – Co-chaired byThomas Rohland, Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, Vice President of the Conference, and Mr. SetarekiMacanwai, Pacific Disability Forum
Introduction:
Presentations by panelists:
1. Ms. Yayoi Kitamura, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan
2. Mr. MaginoCorporán, National Council on Disability (CONADIS), Dominican Republic
3.Mr. Vladimir Cuk, Global Action on Disability – GLAD
4.Ms. Shatha Abu Srour, General Palestinian Union of Persons with Disability, Civil Society Representative
5.Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes,Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility
Interactive discussion
Summary of the Co-chairs / Matters related to the implementation of
the Convention: Roundtable 3: Political participation and equal recognition before the law (item 5 (b(iii)) - Co-chaired by H.E Mr. Xavier Torres,Ecuador/ Vice President of the Conference, and Ms. Connie Laurin-Bowie, Inclusion International
Introduction:
Presentations by panelists:
1.Mr. Anderson Gitonga, United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK)
2.Mr. Yong Jia, China Disabled Persons Federation, China
3.H.E Mr Engels Augusto Muniz, Vice Minister for Human Rights, Brazil
4.Ms. Jean Judes, Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS), Israel
5.Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
6.Ms. Yeni Rosa Damayanti, Indonesian Mental Health Association, Civil Society Representative
Interactive discussion
Summary of the Co-chairs
Tuesday, 12 June
3:00 – 6:00 pm / Wednesday, 13 June
3:00 – 6:00 pm / Thursday, 14 June
3:00 – 6:00 pm
Election of Members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (item 4, continued)
Matters related to the implementation of the Convention:general debate (item 5 (a), continued) / Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: Round Table 2: Women and girls with disabilities (item 5 (b)(ii)) - Co-chaired by H.E Mr. Rohan Perera, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN /Vice President of the Conference, and Ms. Anjlee Agarwal, Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES)
Introduction:
Presentations by panelists:
  1. Ms. Ramla Said Omar Mohamed, Mombasa County Assembly, Kenya
  1. Ms.Mercedes Juan, National Council for the Development and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Mexico
  1. Ms. Ana Pelaez, National Organisation of
the Blind (ONCE-Spain), EU
  1. Ms. Theresia Degener, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  1. Ms. Ekaete Judith Umoh, The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Nigeria, Civil
Society Representative
  1. Ms. Victoria Lee, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Interactive discussion
Summary of the Co-Chairs / Interactive dialogue on the Implementation of the Convention of States Parties with the UN system and other stakeholders(item 6)- Chaired by the President of the Conference
Part 1: UN entities
1. Mr. Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant-Secretary General (DESA)
2.Mr. Craig Mokhiber, Director and Deputy to the Assistant-Secretary General for Human Rights (OHCHR)
3. Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director (UN Women)
Part 2: Mandates/stakeholders:
  1. Ms. Theresia Degener, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  1. Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  2. Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility
  1. Ms. Zhiying Ma, One Plus One Group forDisability China, Civil Society Representative
Decisions by the Conference of States Parties (item 7)
Closing of the meeting (item 8)
Statements of the 4 Vice-Presidents of the Conference (Germany, Sri Lanka, Ecuador and Tunisia)
Closing Statement of H.E. Mr. Georgi Panayotov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN, President of the Conference

Notes: 1.Item 5 (a) and (b) and Item 6 will also consider and discuss “Promoting high-quality disability statistics and disaggregation of data by disability status for the full realization of the rights of persons with disabilities” as the cross-cutting theme of the session.

2. During the session, the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6thmeetings may allocate their first 30-60 minutes as contingency for continuing agenda item 5 (a) “General Debate”.