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Convention: International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
15 December 1981 Record of meeting held on 10 Dec. 1981.
24 January 1990 Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
05 December 1990 Report of the 3rd Committee.
03 January 1992 Provisional verbatim record of the 75th meeting, held at Headquarters, New York, on Tuesday, 17 December 1991 : General Assembly, 46th session.
07 January 1993 Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
05 February 1993 Report of the Secretary-General on human rights and forensic science submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/24.
18 August 1993 The situation in Tibet : draft resolution / Mr. Bossuyt, Mr. Boutkevitch, Ms. Chavez, Mr. Eide and Mrs. Palley.
22 December 1993 Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Convention: Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
June 1984 Report of the Economic and Social Council for the year 1983
May 1985 Report of the Economic and Social Council for the year 1984.
Convention: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
21 August 1987 Report of the Economic and Social Council.
28 September 1987 Report of the Secretary-General.
26 October 1987 Draft resolution / Australia, et al.
17 November 1987 Report of the 3rd Committee.
29 February 1988 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
15 November 1988 Summary record of the 37th meeting : 3rd Committee, held on Thursday, 9 October 1989, New York, General Assembly, 44th session.
18 August 1989 Report of the Secretary-General.
29 September 1989 Report of the Secretary-General.
30 October 1989 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : draft resolution / Bangladesh, et al.
21 November 1989 Report of the 3rd Committee.
30 November 1989 Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women to the Year 2000 : report of the 3rd Committee : General Assembly, 44th session
12 December 1989 Report of the 3rd Committee : corrigendum.
15 March 1990 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
27 November 1990 Report of the 3rd Committee.
19 August 1991 Written statement / submitted by Disabled Peoples' International.
22 August 1991 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : report of the Secretary-General.
06 November 1991 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : draft resolution / Australia, et al.
06 November 1991 Letter dated 91/11/06 from the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
08 November 1991 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : revised draft resolution / Australia, et al.
18 March 1992 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
26 October 1992 Towards full integration of persons with disabilities in society : a continuing world programme of action : draft resolution / Austria, et al.
05 April 1993 Towards full integration of persons with disabilities into society : a continuing world programme of action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
27 July 1993 Development of a plan of action to implement the long-term strategy to further the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons
19 August 1993 International Year of the Family : report of the Secretary-General.
28 February 1994 Proclamation of a Decade for Human Rights Education : draft resolution / Argentina, et al.
28 February 1994 Human rights and disability : draft resolution / Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway and Venezuela.
27 September 1994 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : report of the Secretary-General.
15 November 1994 Follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights : report of the Secretary-General.
27 February 1995 Human rights and disability : draft resolution / Algeria, et al.
20 April 1995 Commission for Social Development : report on the 34th session, 10-20 April 1995.
15 August 1995 Human rights and disability : draft resolution
13 September 1995 Report of the Economic and Social Council.
15 April 1996 Human rights of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Afghanistan, et al.
21 May 1996 Summary record of the 23rd meeting, held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Tuesday, 2 April 1996 : Commission on Human Rights, 52nd session.
10 July 1996 Report of the Economic and Social Council for the year 1995.
23 December 1996 Monitoring the implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities : note / by the Secretary-General.
16 January 1997 Emerging issues, trends and new approaches, and programme activities of the Secretariat and the regional commissions relating to social development, including the situation of specific groups : report of the Secretary-General.
09 April 1998 Human rights of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Afghanistan, et al.
16 April 1998 Draft resolution / Argentina, et al.
26 March 1999 Quadrennial reports, 1994-1997, submitted through the Secretary-General pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 : note / by the Secretary-General
16 September 1999 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : report of the Secretary-General
08 October 1999 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons :#towards a society for all in the 21st century : draft resolution / Bangladesh, Canada, Japan, Monaco and the Philippines
20 October 1999 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons :#towards a society for all in the 21st century : revised draft resolution / Bangladesh, et al.
20 January 2000 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons :#towards a society for all in the 21st century : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
18 April 2000 Human rights of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Albania, et al.
11 April 2001 Draft resolution / Mexico, South Africa (on behalf of States members of the Non-Aligned Movement and China)
09 July 2001 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : report of the Secretary-General
12 October 2001 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : towards a society for all in the 21st century : draft resolution / Argentina, et al.
18 January 2002 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : towards a society for all in the 21st century : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
15 February 2002 Further promotion of equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons with disabilities, and protection of the human rights of persons with disabilitites : draft resolution / Austria, et al.
15 February 2002 Comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico
26 February 2002 Comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
26 February 2002 Further promotion of equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons with disabilities and protection of the human rights : revised draft resolution / Austria, et al.
17 April 2002 Human rights of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Albania, et al.
22 July 2002 Accreditation and participation of non-governmental organizations in the Ad-Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : draft resolution
23 July 2002 Accreditation and participation of non-governmental organizations in the Ad-Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities: addendum
23 July 2002 General Assembly official records, 56th session : 109th plenary meeting, Tuesday, 23 July 2002, New York
26 July 2002 Accreditation and participation of non-governmental organizations in the Ad-Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : resolution
27 August 2002 Comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities : note / by the Secretary-General
04 December 2002 Human rights questions : human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : report of the 3rd Committee : General Assembly, 57th session
14 January 2003 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on progress in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the study on the human rights of persons with disabilities
18 February 2003 Comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Mexico
27 February 2003 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
15 April 2003 Human rights of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Albania, et al.
09 October 2003 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : towards a society for all in the 21st century : draft resolution / Barbados, Philippines and United Republic of Tanzania
13 November 2003 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : towards a society for all in the 21st century : revised draft resolution / Afghanistan, et al.
19 November 2003 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : draft resolution / Argentina, et al.
15 December 2003 Progress in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the study on the human rights of persons with disabilities : report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
19 January 2004 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : towards a society for all in the 21st century : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
11 February 2004 Comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua and Romania
11 March 2004 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
15 April 2004 Human rights of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Albania, et al.
09 June 2004 Report of the 3rd session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities. Part 1
01 December 2004 Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled perons and the family : report of the 3rd Committee : General Assembly, 59th session
30 December 2004 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on progress in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the study on the human rights of persons with disabilities
23 February 2005 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities on its 5th session
14 April 2005 Internally displaced persons : draft resolution / Afghanistan, et al.
17 August 2005 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : note / by the Secretary-General
05 October 2005 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Philippines and Mexico
19 October 2005 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities : revised draft resolution / Australia, et al.
27 October 2005 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : draft resolution / Algeria, et al.
31 October 2005 Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal : draft resolution / Afghanistan, et al.
03 November 2005 Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal : draft resolution : addendum / Afghanistan, et al.
01 December 2005 Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
26 January 2006 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : realizing the Milliennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
31 January 2006 Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
13 February 2006 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities on its 7th session
14 February 2006 Comprehensive and integral international convention to protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities : draft resolution / Colombia, et al.
22 March 2006 Commission for Social Development : report on the 44th session (18 February 2005 and 8-17 February and 22 March 2006)
25 April 2006 Compilation of summaries of Canadian NGO submissions to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in connection with the consideration of the 4th and 5th periodic reports of Canada