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AD HOC COMMITTEE ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Third Session, 24 May - 4 June 2004 Fourth Session, 23 August - 3 September 2004 Working Group, 5-16 January 2004 Previous meetings Documents and contributions NGO Participation

Ad Hoc Committee : Meeting 29 July - 9 August 2002 : Daily Summaries Daily Summary for 1 August 2002 From the UN Journal No. 2002/148 dated 2 August 2002 (English only) GENERAL ASSEMBLY AD HOC COMMITTEE ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 7th meeting Organizational matters The Ad Hoc Committee elected Mr. Enrique Manalo (Philippines) as the Vice-Chairman of the Committee by acclamation. The Ad Hoc Committee continued its general debate and heard the statements made by the representatives of Brazil, Canada, Cameroon, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, (on behalf of the European Union), Japan, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Suriname and the United States. 8th meeting The Ad Hoc Committee continued its consideration of remaining organizational issues and heard statements from the representatives of Denmark (on behalf of the European Union), Jamaica, Malta, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Uganda and the United States, as well as the representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The representatives of the following non-governmental organizations also made statements: World Blind Union, Support Coalition International and Madre Inc. Return to top