Government Action on Disability Policy

A Global Survey Annex II and III

© Dimitris Michailakis 1997

Countries Having Submitted Government and/or NGO's Replies

Countries from which Government and/or NGO's replies derive: Number of NGO's Government reply
ALBANIA 1 -

ARGENTINA 1 -

ARMENIA 1 -

AUSTRALIA 2 X

AUSTRIA 1 X

BAHRAIN 0 X

BARBADOS 1 X

BELARUS 3 -

BELGIUM 1 X

BELIZE 1 -

BENIN 2 -

BOLIVIA 0 X

BRAZIL 2 -

BULGARIA 1 -

BURKINA FASO 3 -

CAMBODIA 0 X

CAMEROON 1 -

CANADA 0 X

CAPE VERDE 1 -

CHAD 1 -

CHILE 2 X

CHINA 1 X

COLOMBIA 0 X

CONGO 2 X

COSTA RICA 4 -

CROATIA 2 X

CYPRUS 2 X

CZECH REPUBLIC 4 X

DENMARK 3 X

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 -

ECUADOR 0 X

EGYPT 1 X

EL SALVADOR 1 -

ERITREA 0 X

ESTONIA 2 X

ETHIOPIA 1 -

FIJI 1 -

FINLAND 4 X

FRANCE 1 X

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 0 X

GAMBIA 1 -

GEORGIA 1 X

GERMANY 3 X

GHANA 0 X

GREECE 3 X

GUINEA 0 X

HAITI 1 -

HOLY SEE 0 X

HONDURAS 0 X

HONG KONG 1 -

HUNGARY 4 X

ICELAND 2 X

INDIA 3 -

IRAN 0 X

IRAQ 0 X

IRELAND 1 -

ISRAEL 1 X

IVORY COAST 2 -

JAPAN 3 X

JORDAN 1 X

KENYA 2 -

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 1 X

KUWAIT 1 -

LATVIA 2 -

LEBANON 1 X

LESOTHO 1 -

LIECHTENSTEIN 0 X

LITHUANIA 2 X

LUXEMBOURG 1 X

MACAU 1 -

MADAGASCAR 2 X

MALAYSIA 3 -

MALAWI 1 X

THE MALDIVES 0 X

MALTA 0 X

MAURITANIA 1 -

MEXICO 1 X

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 0 X

MOROCCO 1 X

NAMIBIA 1 X

NEPAL 1 -

THE NETHERLANDS 1 X

NEW ZEALAND 1 X

NICARAGUA 1 -

NIGERIA 0 X

NORWAY 2 X

OMAN 0 X

PAKISTAN 0 X

PERU 1 X

PHILIPPINES 1 X

POLAND 4 X

PORTUGAL 2 X

QATAR 0 X

ROMANIA 2 X

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 X

SAN MARINO 0 X

S:T CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS 0 X

S:T KITTS-NEVIS 1 X

S:T LUCIA 0 X

SINGAPORE 2 -

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3 -

SLOVENIA 2 X

SOMALIA 1 -

SOUTH AFRICA 2 X

SPAIN 2 X

SRI LANKA 1 X

SWAZILAND 1 -

SWEDEN 7 X

SWITZERLAND 2 X

TANZANIA, REPUBLIC OF 1 X

THAILAND 1 X

TOGO 1 -

TUNISIA 1 -

TURKMENISTAN 0 X

TURKEY 0 X

UGANDA 1 -

THE UKRAINE 1 X

THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 -

UNITED KINGDOM 2 X

UNITED STATES 2 X

UZBEKISTAN 0 X

VENEZUELA 1 -

YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF 0 X

ZAIRE 1 -

ZAMBIA 0 X

ZIMBABWE 4 -

Countries with one NGO reply55
Countries with two NGO's replies25
Countries with three NGO's replies9
Countries with four NGO's replies6
Countries with seven NGO's replies1
Total96

ANNEX III

Countries without any NGO reply

Industrialized Countries
Canada
Holy See
Liechtenstein
San Marino

Middle East and North Africa
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Malta
Oman
Qatar
Turkey
Yemen, Republic of

Countries in Transition
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Moldova, Republic of
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Honduras
S:t Christopher and Nevis
S:t Lucia

Sub-Saharan Africa
Eritrea
Ghana
Guinea
Nigeria
Zambia

South, East Asia and the Pacific
Cambodia
Maldives
Pakistan
There are 30 countries from which no NGO reply exists.

ANNEX IV

Countries without any Government reply

Industrialized Countries
Ireland

Middle East and north Africa
Kuwait
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates

Countries in Transition
Albania
Belarus
Bulgaria
Latvia
Slovak Republic

Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Belize
Brazil
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Haiti
Nicaragua
Venezuela

Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Mauritania
Somalia
Swaziland
Uganda
Zaire
Zimbabwe

South, East Asia and the Pacific
Armenia
Fiji
Hong Kong
India
Macau
Malaysia
Nepal
Singapore
Togo

There are 43 countries from which no Government reply exists.

Contents of the UN Report

Countries from which Government and/or NGO's replies derive:	Number of NGO's	Government reply
ALBANIA	1	-
ARGENTINA	1	-
ARMENIA	1	-
AUSTRALIA	2	X
AUSTRIA	1	X
BAHRAIN	0	X
BARBADOS	1	X
BELARUS	3	-
BELGIUM	1	X
BELIZE	1	-
BENIN	2	-
BOLIVIA	0	X
BRAZIL	2	-
BULGARIA	1	-
BURKINA FASO	3	-
CAMBODIA	0	X
CAMEROON	1	-
CANADA	0	X
CAPE VERDE	1	-
CHAD	1	-
CHILE	2	X
CHINA	1	X
COLOMBIA	0	X
CONGO	2	X
COSTA RICA	4	-
CROATIA	2	X
CYPRUS	2	X
CZECH REPUBLIC	4	X
DENMARK	3	X
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	2	-
ECUADOR	0	X
EGYPT	1	X
EL SALVADOR	1	-
ERITREA	0	X
ESTONIA	2	X
ETHIOPIA	1	-
FIJI	1	-
FINLAND	4	X
FRANCE	1	X
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA	0	X
GAMBIA	1	-
GEORGIA	1	X
GERMANY	3	X
GHANA	0	X
GREECE	3	X
GUINEA	0	X
HAITI	1	-
HOLY SEE	0	X
HONDURAS	0	X
HONG KONG	1	-
HUNGARY	4	X
ICELAND	2	X
INDIA	3	-
IRAN	0	X
IRAQ	0	X
IRELAND	1	-
ISRAEL	1	X
IVORY COAST	2	-
JAPAN	3	X
JORDAN	1	X
KENYA	2	-
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	1	X
KUWAIT	1	-
LATVIA	2	-
LEBANON	1	X
LESOTHO	1	-
LIECHTENSTEIN	0	X
LITHUANIA	2	X
LUXEMBOURG	1	X
MACAU	1	-
MADAGASCAR	2	X
MALAYSIA	3	-
MALAWI	1	X
THE MALDIVES	0	X
MALTA	0	X
MAURITANIA	1	-
MEXICO	1	X
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF	0	X
MOROCCO	1	X
NAMIBIA	1	X
NEPAL	1	-
THE NETHERLANDS	1	X
NEW ZEALAND	1	X
NICARAGUA	1	-
NIGERIA	0	X
NORWAY	2	X
OMAN	0	X
PAKISTAN	0	X
PERU	1	X
PHILIPPINES	1	X
POLAND	4	X
PORTUGAL	2	X
QATAR	0	X
ROMANIA	2	X
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1	X
SAN MARINO	0	X
S:T CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS	0	X
S:T KITTS-NEVIS	1	X
S:T LUCIA	0	X
SINGAPORE	2	-
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	3	-
SLOVENIA	2	X
SOMALIA	1	-
SOUTH AFRICA	2	X
SPAIN	2	X
SRI LANKA	1	X
SWAZILAND	1	-
SWEDEN	7	X
SWITZERLAND	2	X
TANZANIA, REPUBLIC OF	1	X
THAILAND	1	X
TOGO	1	-
TUNISIA	1	-
TURKMENISTAN	0	X
TURKEY	0	X
UGANDA	1	-
THE UKRAINE	1	X
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	1	-
UNITED KINGDOM	2	X
UNITED STATES	2	X
UZBEKISTAN	0	X
VENEZUELA	1	-
YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF	0	X
ZAIRE	1	-
ZAMBIA	0	X
ZIMBABWE	4	-