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Gathered, Talked, Decided and Proposed: user-friendly
version of the report for the Regional Workshop on the
Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
and their Families in Asia and the Pacific in 2007 in
Shanghai, China
Population.
Improves access to relevant policy information
and supports national capacity building
Disability.
Promotes inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based
societies for persons with disabilities in the
region
Social
Policy. Develops national capacity
in planning, monitoring and evaluating programmes
for sustainable social development
Ageing. Assists
Governments to strengthen national policies to
address the population ageing.
Tsunami
Response. Following the devastating
Asian tsunami of December 2004, UNESCAP has
been undertaking work to mitigate the impact
of this disaster and other natural disasters
through a multi-sectoral approach.