A/C.5/60/9
Letter dated 2005/10/12 from the President of the General Assembly addressed to the Chairman of the 5th Committee
| UN Document Symbol | A/C.5/60/9 |
|---|---|
| Convention | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| Document Type | Letter |
| Session | 60th |
| Type | Document |
| Description |
2 p. |
| Subjects | Persons with Disabilities, Braille |
Extracted Text
United Nations A/C.5/60/9
General Assembly Distr.: General
19 October 2005
Original: English
05-56007 (E) 201005
*0556007*
Sixtieth session
Fifth Committee
Agenda item 127
Pattern of conferences
Letter dated 12 October 2005 from the President of the General
Assembly addressed to the Chairman of the Fifth Committee
I have the honour to transmit to you herewith, for consideration by the Fifth
Committee, a letter dated 4 October 2005 from the Chairman of the Committee on
Conferences concerning meeting the needs of persons with disabilities.
(Signed) Jan Eliasson
A/C.5/60/9
Annex
Letter dated 4 October 2005 from the Chairman of the
Committee on Conferences addressed to the President of the
General Assembly
The Committee on Conferences at its substantive session held from 19 to
27 September 2005 considered a letter from the Chairman 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 requesting the
Committees assistance in ensuring that delegates with disabilities could participate
meaningfully and on an equal basis with others in the work of the Ad Hoc
Committee. The Committee was addressed by the Secretary of the Ad Hoc
Committee who stated that the most urgent need was for official documentation
relating to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee to be made available in both
electronic format and Braille.
The Committee considered the above issues favourably and expressed support
for meeting the needs of the persons with disabilities involved in the elaboration of
the draft convention. It urged the Secretariat to continue ensuring, as it did in past
years, that the special requirements of the Ad Hoc Committee were taken into
account in conference room scheduling and to explore ways of providing the
required documentation in electronic form and Braille. The Committee entrusted me
to convey to you that it considered the above-mentioned issues favourably and
suggested that the General Assembly consider them on a priority basis, both in the
particular case of making available the requested documentation in Braille and in
terms of the larger issue of the access of persons with disabilities to conference
services.
(Signed) Diego Simancas
Chairman
Committee on Conferences
