Roundtable 2: Resilient Societies, Care System and Empowering Persons with Disabilities

Roundtable 2: Resilient Societies, Care System and Empowering Persons with Disabilities

COSP19 Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: Roundtable 2. Resilient societies: strengthening care and support systems to ensure the empowerment, autonomy and independence of all persons with disabilities Co-Chaired by H. E Ambassador Togolani Edriss Mavura, Vice President of the Conference, Tanzania and Ms. Nadia Hadad, Civil Society representative Presentations by panelists: 1. Mr. Zhanbin Ren (China Disabled Persons’ Federation, China) 2. Mrs. Themida Anthopoulou (Confederation of Disability Organizations, Cyprus) 3. Ms. Elina Celmina (Ministry of Welfare, Latvia) 4. Mr. Facundo Chavez Penillas (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights/ OHCHR) 5. Mr. Advocate Jacob Chule Mwinula ( Primer Minister’s Office, Tanzania) 6. Ms. Tina Minkowitz (Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP), USA) For more information, please visit: https://social.desa.un.org/cosp/19th-session Source: UN DESA