diverse disabilities and on their
socio-economic status. The
adequacy of disability statistics
would enable policymaking to
be evidence-based to support
the realization of the rights of
persons with disabilities. The
Decade is an opportunity to
enhance data collection aimed
at generating comparable
disability statistics over time and
across borders. It is crucial that
baseline data for the Incheon
Strategy indicators are made
available to enable effective
progress tracking towards
the achievement of goals and
targets.
Target 8.A
Produce and dis seminate
reliable and internationally
comparable disability statistics
in formats that are accessible by
persons with disabilities.
Target 8.B
Establish reliable disability
statistics by the midpoint of the
Decade, 2017, as the source for
tracking progress towards the
achievement of the goals and
targets in the Incheon Strategy.
GOAL 9 - Accelerate
the
ratification
and
implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of
INCHEON STRATEGY GOAL
9
Accelerate the ratification
and implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
and the harmonization of
national legislation with
the Convention
Persons with Disabilities and
the harmonization of national
legislation with the Convention
The Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities
is the first disability-specific,
international legal instrument
that provides a comprehensive
appro ach to re sp e c ting ,
protecting and fulfilling the rights
of persons with disabilities. The
Convention explicitly empowers
persons with disabilities as
holders of rights, as distinct
from being treated as objects of
charity. The ESCAP region played
an instrumental and historic role
in the initiation and drafting of
the Convention. As of October
30, 2012, 126 states globally
are parties to the Convention
and 154 are signatories, of
which, in the Asia-Pacific region,
35 Governments have signed the
Convention and 25 have ratified
the Convention or acceded to it.
GOAL 10 - Advance sub regional, regional and interregional co-operation
The experience of two Asian and
Pacific Decades underscores
the value of co-operation,
at sub - regional, regional
and inter-regional levels, for
facilitating mutual support,
including through sharing
lessons learned, good practices
and innovative solutions. The
Busan Partnership for Effective
Development Co-operation,
adopted on December 1,
2011 by the Fourth High-level
Forum on Aid Effectiveness
(Busan, Republic of Korea)
recognized the importance of
international commitments on
disability to form the foundation
of co-operation for effective
development. Civil society and
INCHEON STRATEGY GOAL
10
Advance
subregional,
regional and
interregional
cooperation
the private sector could play
important roles in catalyzing
innovative appro