Signature Ceremony of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Programme

10:00

Opening of the Meeting

10:10

High Level Statements from:

• President of the General Assembly
• Deputy Secretary-General
• High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Mexico
• Ecuador
• New Zealand
• Civil Society Representative

10:45

Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs opens the Convention and its Optional Protocol for Signature and Ratification
Member States sign the Convention and Optional Protocol (and can ratify at the same time)

Meeting adjourned after the last signature

15:00-18:00

Opening for Signature Ceremony (continued)

High Level Dialogue

"From vision to action: the road to implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities""
Opening Address by the High Commissioner for Human Rights

List of Speakers

3.15-3.30

1. NIGERIA
2. JORDAN
3. PANAMA
4. ITALY
5. SLOVENIA

3.30-3.45

6. SOUTH AFRICA
7. THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
8. EL SALVADOR
9. SWEDEN
10. GABON

3.45-4.00

11. INDONESIA
12. CHILE
13. CZECH REPUBLIC
14. AUSTRIA
15. SRI LANKA

4.00-4.15

16. ARGENTINA
17. SPAIN
18. JAMAICA
19. BRAZIL
20. HUNGARY

4.15-4.30

21. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (RIO)
22. UNITED KINDGOM
23. PORTUGAL
24. CHINA
25. BELGIUM

4.30-4.45

26. NEW ZEALAND
27. ALGERIA
28. AUSTRALIA
29. BARBADOS
30. CANADA

4.45-5.00

31. CAPE VERDE
32. COSTA RICA
33. ETHIOPIA
34. HONDURAS
35. INDIA

5.00-5:45

36. LUXEMBOURG
37. NICARAGUA
38. SYRIA
39. TURKEY
40. UGANDA
41. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
42. ISRAEL
43. THAILAND