COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS
AND STANDARDS RELATING TO DISABILITY
Part III. Regional Human Rights. 6/6   
5. Other Regional Organizations
5.1 The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and several
Members' Governments of the region established a Trust Fund to promote the Decade of
Disabled Persons in the Asia and Pacific Area (1993-2002) due to the scarce
resources devoted to rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. Regional action should
create self-help organizations for persons with disabilities, promote non-handicapped
environments and facilitate regional and / or sub-regional co-operation on production of
low-cost, high quality technical aids. During the UN Decade, ESCAP organised training
workshops on management of self-help organizations to carry out surveys, prepare technical
guidelines and regional conferences of non-Governmental organizations to promote the Decade
for Disabled Persons in the Asia and Pacific Area.
5.2 The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Since 1981, the Member States of the Arab Gulf Programme for the United Nations
Development Organizations, the Economic and social Commission for Western Asia (ESCAW), in
co-operation with the UN Voluntary Fund on Disability have been financing projects and
programmes for disabled persons world-wide.
5.3 The Economic Commission for Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized the African Regional Conference on
the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1980 for the development of regional
programmes for the socio-economic integration of disabled persons in Africa.
5.4 The Economic Commission for Latin America
In Latin-America, the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)'s efforts focus
upon financial constraints and elimination of negative cultural factors on the image of
disabled persons.
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