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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 CountriesCanada
Holy See
Liechtenstein
San Marino
Middle East and North AfricaBahrain
Iran
Iraq
Malta
Oman
Qatar
Turkey
Yemen, Republic of
Countries in TransitionFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Moldova, Republic of
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Latin America and the CaribbeanBolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Honduras
S:t Christopher and Nevis
S:t Lucia
Sub-Saharan AfricaEritrea
Ghana
Guinea
Nigeria
Zambia
South, East Asia and the PacificCambodia
There are 30 countries from which no NGO reply exists.
Maldives
Pakistan
ANNEX IV
Countries without any Government reply
Industrialized CountriesIreland
Middle East and north AfricaKuwait
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Countries in TransitionAlbania
Belarus
Bulgaria
Latvia
Slovak Republic
Latin America and the CaribbeanArgentina
Belize
Brazil
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Haiti
Nicaragua
Venezuela
Sub-Saharan AfricaBenin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Mauritania
Somalia
Swaziland
Uganda
Zaire
Zimbabwe
South, East Asia and the PacificArmenia
Fiji
Hong Kong
India
Macau
Malaysia
Nepal
Singapore
Togo
There are 43 countries from which no Government reply exists.
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