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Asia Pacific Disabled Persons Organization-United

AP DPO-United

At the Asia Pacific Disabled Peoples' Organizations(DPOs)-United held along with a Bangkok meeting toward the new decade of persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific on June 21-22, 2010, the issue was discussed during sub-regional meetings including South Asia, South-east Asia, East Asia and North-east Asia regions.

At the Delhi Workshop to Ratify and Implement the CRPD on August 18-22, 2011, participants shared the necessity to create the AP-DPO UNITED and discussed the way of creation.

At the Preparatory Meeting to establish AP DPO-UNITED, co-hosted by the Korea Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (KOFOD) and the Korean Solidarity for Preparation of 3rd Asia-Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, held in Korea on September 5-7, 2011, participants agreed for secretariat of AP DPO United at the office of AP DPI and to create the preparatory committee composed of ten members considering region and disability type.

Preparatory Committee Members include five PWDs - Kim Hyo-jin (Korea) - Rajiv Rajan (India) - Josephine De Vera (Philippines) - Asipa Musaeva (Kyrgyzstan) - Villaney Remengesau (Palau) - Saowalak Thongkuay (Thailand) - Maulani A Rotinsulu (Indonesia) - Samantha French (Australia) - Javed Abidi (India)

Members had the first round meeting of the preparatory committee in Bangkok on December 2011 during the ESCAP stakeholder meeting and second meeting on March 2012 at the ESCAP high-level meeting.

Regional unified organization of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Asia and the Pacific for effective implementation of the 3rd Asian and the Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons.

Through AP DPO-United mechanism, PWDs want to participate in the 3rd Decade as the main entity in a systematic way.

Based on disability perspective, PWDs want to participate in and review each country's implementation status and to strengthen information sharing and support among them through international cooperations and meetings.

To advocate the sovereignty and autonomy of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and

To realize the full participation and equality of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) as a human being who has dignity and value through joint efforts in Asia and the Pacific region.

To create an inclusive society for all people regardless of disabilities for full participation and equality with others of persons with disabilities.

To eradicate political, economical, educational, social and cultural prejudice and discrimination against persons with disabilities.

To against human rights violation and on sovereignty movement of persons with disabilities.

To implement the UN CRPD in Asia and the Pacific region. To implement and evaluate of the Asian and Pacific

Decades of Persons with Disabilities for the development of the international society.

To support mutual cooperation, coordination and exchange among organizations of persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific.

To research and study for implementing projects and activities mentioned in Article 4.

To serve as international cooperation project to build capacity and to support social participation of persons with disabilities.

To be resources development for activities and projects in Asia and the Pacific region.

A self-help organization of persons with disabilities only can be a full member of the United and a disability-related organization

can be joined in as an associate member. Full-membership

1. Self-help organization of persons with disabilities representing disability type, disability cause and gender. 2. Organization who has a disabled president and disabled members, and half of members in decision making body are persons with disabilities. 3. National or regional-based organizations in each country.Associate Membership 1. Disability-related organization 2. Organization who doesn’t meet full requirements of full-membership. 3. Expert groups

Organizations in each country shall be joined in the United as the unified national organization or shall be joined in individually. If multiple organizations in one country would join in the United, each organization shall has its representative, but for a national representative meeting of the United, multiple organizations shall select or make one organization through cooperation.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY – Full and associate members

REGIONAL ASSEMBLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1. One president

2. One vice-president 3. Five sub-regional representatives4. Within 10 general directors5. Two auditors

SUB-REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS – Volunteer organizations

SECRETARIAT – AP DPI

Disability inclusive activities Awareness, Advocacy, and

Empowerment Programs for PWDs Representation and Voice of PWDs in

DPO Equal participation of WWDs in DPO

Training and Employment Capacity Building for DPO and PWDs Awareness raising Education HealthAccessibility

Parents and families support Collaboration with Community and Stakeholders Sport and recreational activities Violence and abuse against WWDs Early detection and intervention Leadership and empowerment of WWDs

UNIFIED REGIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR PWDs IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION

REPRESENTATION and VOICE OF PWDs in AP REGION

EQUAL PARTICIPATION of WWDs in AP REGION

INCLUSIVE SOCIETY FOR PWDs in AP REGION

MAKE THE RIGHT REAL FOR PWDs in AP REGION

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS