Annual Report (Summary)2004
Part II. Mutual understanding and exchange
Part II. Mutual understanding and exchange
Section 2. International cooperation appropriate for international status of Japan
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To promote international cooperation in the field of measures for persons with disabilities through providing grant aid for constructing facilities and technical assistance through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
- To contribute positively to preparation of the draft convention as one of the Working Group members of the Asian group in the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.
[ Principal measures implemented ]
- A total of 79 projects were implemented with Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, including a project to construct facilities for orphan children with disabilities in Thailand.
- Japan contributed 54,000 US dollars to the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability and about 175,000 US dollars to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
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