Biwako plus five: further efforts towards an inclusive, barrier-free and rights- based society for persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

This official document recalls the inter alia recommendation for strengthening the implementation of social safety-net mechanisms to assist the poor, the elderly and the disabled in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction 2005 and highlights the need for better disability-inclusive disaster management with regard to both natural and man-made disasters. It calls for the promotion of disability-inclusive disaster management and for the inclusion of disability perspectives in the implementation of policies and initiatives in this area, including through universal design concepts integrated into infrastructure development in disaster-preparedness and post-disaster reconstruction activities.

This document supplements the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action. It distinguishes itself from the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action by (a) providing additional actions in the 7 priority areas, (b) reconfiguring the 4 strategy areas into 5 areas with 25 additional strategies, and (c) adding 3 strategies under cooperation and support and monitoring and review. It was adopted by the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Midpoint Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012, on 21 September 2007.