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PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

This presentation provides a report and shares information on the 6th Conference of States Parties and the UN High-Level Meeting on Disability and Development. It focuses on ensuring an adequate standard of living, empowerment, and participation of persons with disabilities within the framework of the CRPD.

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PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

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  1. PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Sixth Conference of States Parties 17-19 July 2013 UN Headquarters, New York UN High Level Meeting on Disability and Development 23 September 2013 UN Headquarters, New York

  2. PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION To report and share information with the Portfolio Committee on: • 6th Conference of States Parties: 17-19 July 2013, New York • Campaign for the 2014 Elections for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Disability and Development : 23 September 2013

  3. CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES CRPD Article 40: Conference of States Parties 1. The States Parties shall meet regularly in a Conference of States Parties in order to consider any matter with regard to the implementation of the present Convention. 2. No later than six months after the entry into force of the present Convention, the Conference of the States Parties shall be convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The subsequent meetings shall be convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations biennially or upon the decision of the Conference of States Parties.

  4. 6th CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES DATE: 17 – 19 July 2013, United Nations, New York Brought forward due to the UN High Level meeting on Disability and Development scheduled for 23 September 2013 Theme: “Ensuring Adequate Standard Of Living: Empowerment and Participation of Persons with Disabilities within the Framework of the CRPD” Programme: • Roundtable 1: Economic empowerment through inclusive social protection and poverty reduction strategies • Roundtable 2: Disability-inclusive development in national, regional and international processes • Informal Session: Community-based rehabilitation and habilitation for inclusive society

  5. 6th CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION: • Led by Deputy Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities • Deputy Ministers for the following portfolios (relevant to programme focus) have been invited to join the official delegation: • Economic Cluster:Economic Development; Trade and Industry Public Works; • Social Cluster: Social Development; Health; • Governance & Administration Cluster: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; • International, Peace & Stability Cluster: International Relations and Cooperation, • Parliament: Members of the Portfolio and Select Committees for Women, Children and People with Disabilities have been invited through the Committees’ Chairpersons’ offices • Provincial governments (concurrent functions): All Premiers, • Chapter 9 institutions: Commission on Gender Equality and SA Human Rights Commission • Participation by People with Disabilities and their representative organisations: • Candidate for 2014 elections to Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Deaf Entrepreneur (thedti has been approached to sponsor)

  6. 6th CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES PREPARATIONS: • Compulsory briefing sessions for all delegates scheduled for 2 July (Pretoria) and again for 16 July (New York) to allocate responsibilities; • Thematic discussion documents will be circulated as soon as these become available; • Departure date of DWCPD delegation: 15 July 2013.

  7. CAMPAIGN TOWARDS ELECTIONS OF SA CANDIDATE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES • Nomination of Sebenzile Matsebula was accepted by the UNOHRC in 2012 for the election of six additional members on to the Committee on the CRPD in that year; • Ms Matsebula was approved as candidate by both the SA and AU selection committees as Africa candidate; • Disunity within the Africa delegations resulted in a split vote in 2012, with the Uganda candidate being elected; • Elections will again be held in 2014 for 09 vacancies; • It has been recommended that Ms Matsebula remains the candidate, and that the campaign formally kicks off in New York during the 6th Conference of States Parties; • DIRCO will be coordinating the campaign.

  8. CAMPAIGN TOWARDS ELECTIONS OF SA CANDIDATE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

  9. UNGENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (HLMD) • In 2010, the General Assembly in its resolution 65/186, proposed the convening of a high-level meeting on disability; • The Secretary-General submitted his report (A/66/128) on strengthening efforts to ensure accessibility for and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of development efforts and explored options for priorities and possible outcomes for the proposed high-level meeting. • Subsequently in 2011, the Assembly adopted resolution 66/124 and decided to convene a one-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability (HLMD) at the level of Heads of State and Government on 23 September 2013, the Monday before the start of the general debate of the sixty-eighth session.

  10. UNGENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (HLMD) • Theme: “The way forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond”, • The HLMD will comprise of a plenary meeting and two consecutive informal interactive round tables. • Participation in each round table will include Member States, observers and representatives of entities of the United Nations system, as well as representatives of civil society, organizations of persons with disabilities and the private sector. • Output of the HLMD: concise, action-oriented Outcome Document in support of the aims of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities.

  11. UNGENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (HLMD) PROGRAMME • UNGA High Level Discussion on Disability and Development (23 Sept) • Proposed Informal Roundtables: • Roundtable 1: International and regional cooperation and partnerships for disability inclusive development • Roundtable 2: Post-2015 development agenda and inclusive development for persons with disabilities • Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities Forum 2013 (24 Sept)

  12. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (GPcwd) Network of more than 100 organizations, including international NGOs, national and local NGOs, Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs), governments, academia and the private sector, working to advance the rights of children with disabilities at the global, regional and country levels.  The inaugural Forum was held from 14-15 September 2012 at UNICEF House in New York- • 240 partners came together to discuss ways to advocate for an inclusive post-2015 agenda; • four task forces established with the aim to influence the mainstreaming of disability rights into global child-focused agendas namely in nutrition, education, humanitarian action and assistive technology. • Further collaboration was agreed upon between the partners in seven countries (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Turkey) and more broadly in the region covering Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. • UNICEF is coordinating body • Each task force is coordinated by one of the Partner organizations.  www.unicef.org/disabilities

  13. UNGENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (HLMD) PREPARATIONS: • Prior to the convening of the HLMD in September 2013, a draft text of the Outcome Document will be produced by the President of the General Assembly in consultation with Member States, along with input from organizations of persons with disabilities through informal consultations. • UN-DESA has put together a Secretariat to facilitate & coordinate the process • Regional/Sub-Regional Consultations in Africa (no dates yet confirmed), Americas, Arab Region, Europe, Asia Pacific • Launch of the on-line consultations by 20 February (open for 4 weeks) • United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the High-level Meeting to produce concrete recommendations resulting from all consultations at the regional levels and online discussion

  14. Working together we can do more to remove barriers and create an inclusive and accessible society for all.

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