Initial report on HKSAR's implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities available for public inspection
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The initial report on the progress of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Convention) is now available for public inspection.
"The HKSAR report forms part of the initial report submitted by the People's Republic of China to the United Nations (UN) under the Convention", a government spokesman said today (November 25).
"The HKSAR report sets out in details the administrative, legal and other measures taken by HKSAR to implement the Convention and the resulting progress achieved.
"The report has taken account of the comments and views received from Legislative Council members and members of the community during the public consultation on the proposed outline of the report from February to March 2010," he said.
In line with the established practice, the report will be examined by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in a future hearing, the date of which is to be fixed.
The full text of the report, in Chinese and English, is available on the website of the Labour and Welfare Bureau (www.lwb.gov.hk/UNCRPD/eindex.html).
Copies of the report can also be borrowed from the Public Enquiry Service Centres of District Offices.
The initial report on the progress of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Convention) is now available for public inspection.
"The HKSAR report forms part of the initial report submitted by the People's Republic of China to the United Nations (UN) under the Convention", a government spokesman said today (November 25).
"The HKSAR report sets out in details the administrative, legal and other measures taken by HKSAR to implement the Convention and the resulting progress achieved.
"The report has taken account of the comments and views received from Legislative Council members and members of the community during the public consultation on the proposed outline of the report from February to March 2010," he said.
In line with the established practice, the report will be examined by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in a future hearing, the date of which is to be fixed.
The full text of the report, in Chinese and English, is available on the website of the Labour and Welfare Bureau (www.lwb.gov.hk/UNCRPD/eindex.html).
Copies of the report can also be borrowed from the Public Enquiry Service Centres of District Offices.
Source: HKSAR Government
Published on: 2010-11-25
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