Neil Jarvis writes: On Monday 28 January 2019, Thailand deposited its Instrument of Ratification with WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organisation) in Geneva. Thailand thereby became the 77th country to join the Marrakesh Treaty. This is fabulous news and many congratulations are due to the Thai Association of the Blind and many other organisations in … Read more
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4 January 2019, 210 Years Since the Birth of Louis Braille
The World Blind Union (WBU) is delighted to celebrate World Braille Day, 4 January 2019. Louis Braille, who created the reading and writing system of dots for blind people, was born in France on 4 January 1809. 4 January has been declared by the United Nations as an international day to commemorate the importance of … Read more
General Assembly reports now available
Varius documents relevant to the recent World Blind Union Asia Pacific, General Assembly, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia are now available for you to read on this website. These include country reports, the Treasurer’s report and the official statement adopted by the Assembly. Find them at our General http://viagra-50-online-store.com/ Assemblies page. We’ll add more documents and reports if … Read more
UlaanBaatar Statement
We, the participants at the World Blind Union – Asia Pacific (WBUAP) Mid-Term Regional General Assembly in UlaanBaatar, 12 September, 2018 adopt the following statement and refer it to relevant stakeholders for their consideration and action where appropriate: 1. We request governments to review or enact legislation which ensures that the United Nations Convention on … Read more
New Zealand Country Report to World Blind Union Asia Pacific, General Assembly, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
New Zealand’s Country Report covers the period of 2016 to 2018. This joint report is provided by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (New Zealand’s primary provider of blindness services), and the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand (oldest member-led consumer driven organisation referred to as a disabled people’s organisation). Our organizations … Read more
Malaysia Country Report to World Blind Union Asia Pacific, General Assembly, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Population as at 18th June, 2018 stands at 32,027,681. The total number of people with disabilities total about 430,000.00while the number of people affected by blindness (covering blind and vision impaired) stands at 43,000. It should be noted that the definition of blindness in Malaysia is a little different from that of the World Health … Read more