Assistance is available from the relevant education institutions for parents whose disabled children are being educated at home.

Victim assistance must therefore be broad in scope, involve the victims themselves in the process, and include both general health services and the reintegration of people with disabilities into active life, while offering support to their communities.

concerning Disabled Persons

for Persons with Disabilities

Sweden has provided financial assistance for the development of an office on the status of disabled persons in South Africa.

55. Assistance concentrated on advisory services on accessibility to the disabled two missions were undertaken during the period covered.

FAO also provides technical assistance to train disabled groups in the production of fruit and vegetables in India.

Disabled Persons

9. The organizations representing the disabled should meet their responsibilities by participating in decision making which concerned the disabled so as to help Governments accomplish their humanitarian mission.

Women with disabilities receive income support in 55.3 per cent of responding countries, and the parents of children with disabilities in 43 per cent.

(b) Legislation specifically addressing the rights of disabled children and adults

Rights of persons with disabilities

Disability Programme

Education of Children with Disabilities

Friends of the Disabled Association

Rehabilitation of disabled children

Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

disabled persons and the family

International Day of Disabled Persons

PERSONS AND THE FAMILY

concerning Disabled Persons

XV. THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED PERSONS

The humanity of a nation is measured by the way such a nation gives help to the most vulnerable groups in its society, including women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities.

In Romania, representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities participate in the National Council for Disabilities.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Situation of human rights in the Sudan 312

Report of the Secretary General

Rule 18 Organizations of persons with disabilities

Fédération guinéenne des associations de personnes handicapées

International Day of Disabled Persons See chap. VII, para. 94.

E. International Day of Disabled Persons

persons and the family

PERSONS AND THE FAMILY

(i) The special needs of disabled persons

Community centres for the disabled 252 993 252 993

Pursuant to article 30 of the Rights of the Child Act, the State runs special programmes to protect children living in areas affected by military operations, epidemics and natural and environmental disasters, and children suffering the effects of such phenomena, as well as orphans, children from single parent and needy families and children of martyrs.

Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons

(c) To develop or update regional strategies concerning disability, in consultation with organizations of disabled persons

Strengthening of capacities for intervention and partnerships among the actors dealing with disabilities (Governments, organizations of and for persons with disabilities and professionals)

(a) Assistance to families with children with disabilities or children with HIV AIDS is being provided only to children under the age of 16 and

(h) Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities.

The Secretariat provides support for the activities of organizations of persons with disabilities in their activities through the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability.

It supported the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons and the World Programme of Action.

(i) Recognizing further the diversity of persons with disabilities,

Some 19 of handicapped persons are looking for work.