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Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral

International Convention on the Protection and Promotion
of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

Seventh session

New York, 16 January-3 February 2006

* The cut-off date for issuance of the present document was 18 January 2006. Information on participants received thereafter will be issued in addenda to the present document.

List of participants*

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria / M. Youcef Yousfi
M. Mourad Benmehidi
Mlle Salima Abdelhak
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina / Sr. César Mayoral
Sr. Alberto D’Alotto
Sr. Gustavo Ainchil
Sra. Fabiana Loguzzo
Sr. Marcelo Suárez Salvia
Sra. María Luz Melon
Sra. María Verónica Reina
Sra. Elena Dal Bo
Armenia
Australia / Ms. Frances Mary Lisson
Mr. Matt Minogue
Ms. Marion Carrick
Mr. Graeme Innes
Ms. Rosemary Kayess
Mr. Vincent Giuca
Ms. Lara Nassau
Austria / Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter
Ms. Gerda Vogl
Ms. Silvia Moor
Mr. Robert Bechina
Ms. Karin Wagner
Mr. Anthony Williams
Mr. Bernhard Faustenhammer
Mr. Markus Windegger
Azerbaijan
Bahamas / Ms. Paulette A. Bethel
Ms. Nicole L. Archer
Bahrain / Mr. Ahmed Arrad
Mr. Ahmed Al-Muharraqi
Bangladesh / Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Mr. Md. Zulfiqur Rahman
Ms. Ishrat Jahan Ahmed
Barbados
Belarus / Mr. Aleksandr Strigelsky
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina / Mr. Miloš Prica
Mr. Željko Vukobratović
Mr. Plamenko Priganica
Mrs. Nerina Čevra
Botswana
Brazil / Mr. Frederico Duque Estrada Meyer
Ms. Izabel Maria Madeira de Loureiro Maior
Mr. Pedro Cardoso
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon / M. Martin Belinga-Eboutou
M. Iya Tidjani
Mme Catherine Mahouve Same
Mme Naomie Akona Begala
Canada / Mr. John Hannaford
Mr. Gilbert Laurin
Mr. Hugh Adsett
Ms. Jeanette Sautner
Ms. Marthe St-Louis
Ms. Nell Stewart
Ms. Laurie Sargent
Mr. Vangelis Nikias
Ms. Genevieve Chanteloup
Mr. Joseph Laberge
Mr. Steve Estcy
Ms. Francine Garb
Ms. Dulcie McCallum
Cape Verde / Mme María de Fátima Lima da Veiga
Mme Ana Sapinho Rodrigues Pires
M. Ilerminio Emanuel da Costa Moniz
M. José María Tavares Silva
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile / Sr. Alfredo Labbé
Sr. Cristián Rehren
Sra. María Aída Rodríguez
Sra. Leonor Cifuentes
Sra. María Soledad Cisternas
China / Mr. Xie Bohua
Mr. Bo Shaoye
Ms. Zhang Dan
Mr. Ren Yisheng
Mr. Zhang Guozhong
Ms. Che Ying
Ms. Han Jixiu
Mr. Wang Zhijiang
Mr. Wu Chunlai
Colombia / Sra. María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar
Sra. Patti Londoño Jaramillo
Sra. Martha Lucía Moreno Fajardo
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica / Sr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte
Sr. Jorge Ballestero
Sra. Roxana Stupp
Sr. Rodrigo Jiménez
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus / Ms. Penelope Erotokritou
Czech Republic / Mr. Hynek Kmoníček
Ms. Stanislava Makovcová
Ms. Petra Ali Doláková
Ms. Dagmar Novohradská
Mr. Pavel Ptáčník
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark / Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj
Ms. Marianne Löwenhaupt Hoffmann
Mr. Frode Svendsen
Mr. Holger Kallehauge
Mr. Tobias Elling Rehfeld
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador / Sr. Diego Cordovez
Sr. Rodrigo Riofrío
Sra. Silvia Espíndola
Sra. Jacqueline Silva Paredes
Egypt / Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz
Mr. Amr Aboul Atta
Mr. Mahmoud Samy
Mr. Hesham Afifi
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia / Mrs. Tiina Intelmann
Mrs. Merike Kokajev
Ethiopia
Fiji / Mr. Isikia R. Savua
Mr. Sainivalati Navoti
Mr. Simione Rokolaqa
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany / Mr. Wolfgang Trautwein
Ms. Karin Evers-Meyer
Ms. Theresia Degener
Ms. Eva Ullrich
Mr. Karl-Hermann Haack
Mr. Alexander Quegwer
Mr. Jochen von Bernstorff
Mr. Martin Frick
Mr. Markus Scharf
Ms. Katherina Döhrer
Ghana / Nana Effah-Apenteng
Mr. Paul Yaw Essel
Ms. Divina Adjoa Seanedzu
Greece / Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis
Ms. Eleftheria Yannakou
Mr. Michael Stellakatos-Loverdos
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India / Mrs. Sarita Prasad
Mr. Ajai Malhotra
Mr. M. Gandhi
Mr. Neeru Chadha
Mr. Ashish Kumar
Mr. B. N. Reddy
Indonesia / Mr. Rezlan Ishar Jenie
Mrs. Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady
Mr. Dicky Komar
Mr. Bonanza P. Taihitu
Ms. Diana Emilla Sari Sutikno
Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Mr. Javad Amin-Mansour
Mr. Mehdi Eskandari
Iraq
Ireland
Israel / Ms. Dina Feldman
Mr. Dan Orenstein
Ms. Judy Wasserman
Ms. Dina Loebel
Ms. Meirav Eilon Shahar
Ms. Ady Schonmann
Italy / Mr. Aldo Mantovani
Mr. Andrea Cavallari
Mr. Ugo Boni
Ms. Giuditta Giorgio
Mrs. Isabella Menichini
Mr. Urbano Stenta
Mr. Domenico Lepore
Mrs. Ida Collu
Mrs. Serena Corazza
Mr. Giampiero Griffo
Mr. Pietro Barbieri
Mrs. Yaroslava Khanas
Mr. Giuliano Giovinazzo
Jamaica / Mr. Floyd Morris
Mr. Stafford O. Neil
Mrs. Faith Innerarity
Ms. Netrica Miller
Mrs. Ariel Bowen
Japan / Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka
Mr. Yasushi Takase
Ms. Yoriko Suzuki
Ms. Megue Nakazawa
Ms. Tomoko Nakamura
Ms. Tokiko Kiyotake
Mr. Norimitsu Matsuura
Mr. Hideaki Nishizawa
Ms. Shoko Haruki
Mr. Yasuhito Sakurai
Mr. Toshihiro Higashi
Mr. Hiroki Inagaki
Ms. Satomi Okagaki
Ms. Akitsu Kida
Jordan / Mr. Hmoud Salem Al-Olimat
Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Mr. Mu’taz Hyassat
Mr. Basel Hourani
Kazakhstan
Kenya / Ms. Judith Mbula Bahemuka
Mrs. Josephine Muthoni Muriuki
Ms. Josephine Sinyo
Mrs. Mary Wambul Kennedy
Mrs. Catherine Muyeka Mumma
Mr. Ndubai Simon
Ms. Mercy Njeri Onsando
Mrs. Catherine B. Mogaka
Mrs. Karen Odaba-Mosoti
Mr. John K. Sambu
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein / Mr. Christian Wenaweser
Mr. Stefan Barriga
Ms. Alice Nägele
Lithuania / Mrs. Sandra Paunksniene
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi / Mr. Brown Beswick Chimphamba
Mrs. Jane Asani-Ndelemani
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali / M. Cheick Sidi Diarra
M. Issa Konfourou
Malta / Mr. Victor Camilleri
Ms. Deborah Attard-Montalto
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius / Mrs. Sheilabai Bappoo
Mexico / Sr. Enrique Berruga Filloy
Sr. Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco
Sra. Matilde García Verástegui
Sra. Mariana Olivera West
Sra. Jennifer Feller Enríquez
Sr. Alejandro Alday González
Sr. Ignacio Ibarra Espinosa
Sra. María de Lourdes Alejandra Motta Murguía
Sra. María Reyes Córdova
Sra. Guadalupe Uribe Esquivel
Sra. Taide Buenfil Garza
Sr. Francisco Cisneros Rivero
Sra. Martha Cecilia Ruiz Lozano
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia / Mr. Julius Zaya Shiweva
Mr. Tjieuza Tjombumbi
Ms. Morina Muuondjo
Nauru
Nepal / Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya
Mr. Arjun Bahadur Thapa
Mr. Arun Prasad Dhital
Mr. Tirth Raj Wagle
Mr. Ram Babu Dhakal
Netherlands / Ms. Heda Samson
Mr. Guillaume Teerling
Ms. Hariette Mingoen
Mr. Wouter den Ouden
Mr. Wim Bel
Ms. Marianne Kroes
Ms. Pauline de Graaf
New Zealand / Ms. Rosemary Banks
Mr. Don MacKay
Ms. Alex Grace
Mr. Andrew Begg
Mr. Bob Hillier
Ms. Theresa Thompson
Mr. Gary Williams
Ms. Charitee Gay
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway / Ms. Marit Gjelten
Ms. Grete Hjermstad
Ms. Anne Lieungh
Mr. Christian B. Kielland
Mr. Erik I. Nürnberg
Ms. Margaret Sandøy Ramberg
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay / Sr. Eladio Loizaga
Sr. Juan Buffa
Sra. Terumi Matsuo de Claverol
Sr. Carlos Ruckelshaussen Villarejo
Peru / Sr. Oswaldo de Rivero
Sra. Romy Tincopa
Philippines
Poland / Mr. Andrzej Towpik
Mr. Marek Madej
Portugal / Ms. Catarina Carvalho
Mr. João Francisco Moura
Ms. Odete Severino
Ms. Andreia Lourenço Marques
Qatar / Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
Mr. Aminah Ali Al-Suwaidi
Mr. Abdulla Al-Sulaiti
Mr. Abdulaziz Jassem Al-Jufairi
Ms. Mariam Saleh Al-Ashqar
Mr. Khaled Moubarak Al-Kawari
Mr. Yasser Awadh Al-Abdullah
Mr. Ghanem Ali Al-Kubaisi
Colonel Yousif Abdullah Al-Nisif
Mr. Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Malki
Mr. Abdullah Ahmed Assadah
Republic of Korea / Ms. Kang Kyung-hwa
Mr. Shin Dong-ik
Mr. Wang Jin-ho
Mr. Kim Il-bum
Ms. Cho Su-jin
Mr. Yoo Joo-hun
Ms. Lee Jin-hee
Mr. Lee Ik-seop
Mr. Byun Yong-chan
Mr. Kim Dong-ho
Ms. Lim Sun-eun
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation / Ms. L. N. Glebova
Mr. A. M. Panov
Mr. M. A. Dymochka
Mr. S. N. Tolkalin
Ms. G. N. Molchanova
Mr. A. A. Dronov
Mr. A. A. Nikiforov
Ms. M. V. Glebova
Ms. M. V. Darchieva
Mr. V. Y. Zheglov
Mr. B. V. Chernenko
Mr. S. A. Lyapichev
Mr. V. N. Ruhledev
Mr. V. V. Ivanchenko
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia / Mr. Fawzi Bin Abdul Majeed Shobokshi
Mr. Khalid M. R. H. Alwafi
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro / Ms. Sladjana Marković
Mr. Damjan Tatic
Ms. Marija Antonjević
Seychelles
Sierra Leone / Mr. Sylvester E. Rowe
Mrs. Victoria Sulimani
Singapore
Slovakia / Mr. Peter Harmanovsky
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden / Ms. Ulla Ström
Mr. Klas Nyman
Ms. Anna Wrange
Ms. Eva Lisskar-Dahlgren
Ms. Kerstin Jansson
Ms. Charlotta Schlyter
Ms. Johann Möllerberg
Ms. Christina Wahrolin
Switzerland / Mr. Peter Maurer
Mr. Christoph Spenle
Ms. Natalie Kohli
Mr. Samuel Zurkinden
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand / Khunying Laxanachantorn Laohaphan
Mrs. Sunee Saisupatpon
Mr. Kudatara Nagaviroj
Mr. Pat Watanasin
Ms. Lasapan Toomsawasdi
The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia / Mr. Igor Dzundev
Ms. Elizabeta Gjorgjieva
Ms. Penelopa Gjurcilova
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago / Mr. Philip Sealy
Mr. Eden Charles
Mrs. Angela Edwards
Mr. Jason Clarke
Tunisia
Turkey / Ms. Emine Gökçen Tuğral
Mr. Serhat Aksen
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America / Mr. Mark P. Lagon
Mr. Steven Hill
Ms. Silvia Eiriz
Mr. Chris Fotopulos
Ms. Robinsue Frohboese
Ms. Margaret Giannini
Mr. Richard Grenell
Mr. Christopher J. Hickey
Ms. Miriam Hughes
Ms. Tracy Justesen
Ms. Linda L. Lum
Mr. Patrick Marcham
Ms. Stephanie Ortoleva
Ms. Laurie Shestack
Mr. John L. Wodatch
Ms. Michelle Zack
Uruguay / Sr. Alejandro Artucio Rodríguez
Sra. Dianela Pi
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) / Sr. Fermín Toro Jiménez
Sra. Imeria Núñez de Odremán
Sra. Eleyda García-Matos
Sra. Ángela Cavaliere
Sr. Víctor Baute
Sr. Ronald Pérez
Sra. Raquel Escobar-Gómez
Sra. Morelia Ron
Viet Nam / Mr. Le Luong Minh
Mr. Nguyen Tat Thanh
Mr. Pham Hai Anh
Yemen / Mr. Muhammad Nasir Hamid
Mr. Abdullah Ahmad Al-Hamdani
Ms. Huda Ali Ahmad
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Non-member State

État non membre

Estado no miembro

Holy See / Archbishop Celestino Migliore
Reverend Robert Sterling Meyer
Mr. Lucas Swanepoel
Mr. Douglas Silva

Organizations having received a standing invitation to participate in the sessions and work of the General Assembly as observers

Organisations ayant reçu une invitation permanente à participer aux sessions et aux travaux de l’Assemblée générale en qualité d’observateurs

Organizaciones que han recibido una invitación permanente a participar en los períodos de sesiones y en los trabajos de la Asamblea General en calidad
de observadoras

European Community / Ms. Luisella Pavan-Woolfe
Mr. Marco Ferri
Ms. Flaminia Bussachini
Mr. Dominic Porter
International Committee of the
Red Cross / Ms. Cristina Pellandini

National human rights institutions

Institutions nationales de défense des droits de l’homme

Instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos

Asia Pacific Forum / Mr. Andrew Byrnes
Ms. Siddhi Vyas
Canadian Human Rights Commission / Mr. Harvey Golberg
Ms. Karen Izzard
Indian Human Rights Commission / Ms. Anuradha Mohit
Ms. Priyanka Chirimar
Irish Human Rights Commission / Mr. William Binchy
Mr. Gerard Quinn
Mr. Gavin McSpadden
National Human Rights Institution
of Sweden / Ms. Annika Akerberg
Mr. Johan Jyrwall
Office of the Disability Ombudsman (Sweden) / Ms. Anna Katarina Bruce
Mr. Lars Lööw
Ms. Anna Nilsson
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