11th Conference of States Parties 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, 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: Mr. Georgi Panayotov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN, President of the Conference Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations 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, International Disability Alliance, 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 by Germany/Vice President of the Conference, and Mr. Setareki Macanwai, Pacific Disability Forum Introduction: Presentations by panelists: Ms. Yayoi Kitamura, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan Mr. Magino Corporán, National Council on Disability (CONADIS), Dominican Republic Mr. Vladimir Cuk, Global Action on Disability – GLAD Mr. Lic. Gonzalo M. Bazgan, National Directorate for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Argentina Ms. Shatha Abu Srour, General Palestinian Union of Persons with Disability, Civil Society Representative 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 Ecuador/ Vice President of the Conference, and Ms. Connie Laurin-Bowie, Inclusion International Introduction: Presentations by panelists: Mr. Anderson Gitonga, United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK)   Mr. Yong Jia, China Disabled Persons Federation, China H.E. Mr. Gustavo Rocha, Minister for Human Rights, Brazil Ms. Jean Judes, Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS), Israel Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 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 Sri Lanka /Vice President of the Conference, and Ms. Anjlee Agarwal, the Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) Introduction: Presentations by panelists: Ms. Ramla Said Omar Mohamed, Mombasa County Assembly, Kenya Ms. Mercedes Juan, National Council for the Development and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Mexico Ms. Ana Pelaez, National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE-Spain), EU Ms. Theresia Degener, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Ms. Ekaete Judith Umoh, The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Nigeria, Civil Society Representative 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 - DESA - OHCHR - UN Women Part 2: Mandates/stakeholders: Ms. Theresia Degener, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility Ms. Zhiying Ma, One Plus One Group for Disability 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 and 5th meetings may allocate their first 30-60 minutes as contingency for continuing agenda item 5 (a) “General Debate”.