The agreement on cooperation in the problem resolution of disability and disabled people

of April 12, 1996

The State Parties of this agreement on behalf of the Governments, further the Parties,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law in the field of human rights,

considering the World Programme of Action concerning disabled people taken by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on December 3, 1982, the Standard rules of providing equal opportunities for disabled people accepted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 1993, other international legal documents on problems of disability and disabled people

noting importance of the problem resolution of disability and disabled people for the purpose of ensuring social protection of this category of the population,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The parties, having complete independence in questions of forming and realization of national policy on problems of disability and disabled people, consider expedient carrying out the coordinated policy in the field of the prevention (prevention) of disability, medico-social examination, rehabilitation of disabled people, creations of opportunities for full participation in life of society, equal with other citizens, by it.

Article 2

The parties perform the approved activities in the problem resolution of disability and disabled people in the following directions:

development of the general (approved) standard rates providing forming of living environment, available to disabled people;

development of interstate standards of technical means of rehabilitation of disabled people, carrying out research works;

participation in development of methodological bases of enhancement of statistics of disability, the single (approved) forms and indicators of the state reporting under problems of disability and disabled people;

the organization of preparation and advanced training of the specialists dealing with problems of disability and disabled people.

Article 3

Approval of actions of the Parties in the problem resolution of disability and disabled people is performed through the Advisory Board on work, migration and social protection of the population of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States through which the Parties also communicate on problems of disability and disabled people, including about the seminars accepted legislative and regulations, developments, planned, exhibitions, etc.

Article 4

The parties will organize carrying out interstate thematic symposiums, scientific and practical conferences, seminars, exhibitions, meetings, publications on problems of disability and disabled people;

promote regular consultations between the state bodies and public organizations of the Parties representing the interests of disabled people and also the relevant research establishments.

Article 5

Each of the Parties not later than from the date of the signature of this agreement will determine in a month authority (bodies) to which its realization will be assigned, and will report about it to the Advisory Board on work, migration and social protection of the population of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Article 6

The parties perform financing of the works on realization coordinated activities in the field of the problem resolution of disability and disabled people.

Article 7

The matters of argument connected with accomplishment of this agreement are solved by mutual consultations of authorities of the Parties.

Article 8

The parties by mutual consent can make necessary additions and changes which are drawn up by the relevant protocols to this agreement.

Article 9

This agreement becomes effective from the date of delivery to depositary of the third notification on accomplishment of the interstate procedures by the Parties necessary for its entry into force. For the Parties which sent to depositary the notification on accomplishment of such procedures it becomes effective in day of receipt of this notification by depositary.

Article 10

This agreement with the consent of all Parties is open for accession to it of other states sharing its purposes and the principles and ready to assume liabilities arising from this agreement by transfer to depositary of documents on such accession. Accession is considered by the depositary of the last message on consent to it which became effective from the date of receipt accession.

Article 11

Each Party can leave this agreement, having notified on it depositary at least in six months prior to exit, having settled the financial and other liabilities arising from this agreement.

Article 12

This agreement is signed for a period of five years and every time for one year will be prolonged automatically.

It is made in the city of Moscow on April 12, 1996 in one authentic copy in Russian. The authentic copy is stored in the Executive Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Independent States which will send to each state which signed this agreement, its verified copy.

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