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Asia to launch 2nd "decade for disabled persons"
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Xinhua News Agency
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October 21, 2002
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Asia to launch 2nd "decade for disabled persons"BANGKOK, Oct.
21 (Xinhua) -- Asia-Pacific nations will launch the second "decade
for disabled persons: 2003-2012," a region-wide campaign to promote
the rights of those disabled, at a upcoming meeting, a UN regional
arm said here Monday.
"Governments in the region have decided to extend the 'decade for
disabled persons: 1993-2002' for another 10 years and this will be
formally announced at a high-level intergovernmental meeting to
conclude the first decade between Oct. 25 and 28 in Shiga, Japan,"
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Executive-Secretary Kim Hak-Su told a press conference here.
The ...
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