The United Nations and Disabled Persons -The First Fifty Years

Contents | Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
 

Contents

• Chapter I: Introduction

• Chapter II: What is a disability?

• Chapter III: The early years: 1945 - 1955

• Chapter IV: The social welfare perspective: 1955 - 1970

• Chapter V: A human rights approach: the 1970s

• Chapter VI: The World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons: the 1980s

• Chapter VII: United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons: 1983 – 1992

• Chapter VIII: The Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities: 1993

• Chapter IX: Recent developments

• Chapter X: Looking to the future

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