Andrew
Online Reporter
Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD), has launched a technical national coordination committee for the implementation of the National Disability Policy (NDP).
NDP seeks to address preconditions that are essential for the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Zimbabwe ratified in September 2013.
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima said Government is committed to fulfilling, promoting, protecting and respecting the rights of persons with disability.
“The purpose of the technical national coordination committee is to provide overall guidance to the implementation of the National Disability Policy representing the first proposed step of the roadmap for the implementation of the policy,” he said at the launch on Thursday in Harare.
United Nations resident coordinator in Zimbabwe Mr Edward Kallon said: “The launch of the technical national disability coordination committee today marks a milestone to operationalise the National Disability Policy and move forward the agenda of inclusion and rights of persons with disability.”
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