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Annex 1. Focal Points by Country
Country | Lead focal point | Additional focal point |
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Bahrain | Ministry of Labour and Social Development | High Commission for Disability Affairs, which includes all ministries, institutions, civil authorities and the private sector |
Egypt | National Council for Disability Affairs | |
Iraq | Commission for the Care of People with Disabilities and Special Needs | |
Jordan | Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | |
Kuwait | Public Authority for Disability Affairs (PADA) | |
Lebanon | National Authority for Disability Affairs | |
Mauritania | Ministry of Social Affairs, Childhood and Families | Multi-sectoral Council for the Promotion of Persons with Disabilities |
Morocco | Ministry of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development | |
Oman | National Committee for the Care of Persons with Disabilities | Oman Human Rights Committee |
Palestine | Ministry of Social Development | Higher Council for Persons with Disabilities; Palestinian Union of People with Disabilities |
Qatar | The National Human Rights Committee | Ministry of Interior - Human Rights Department; Qatar Foundation for Social Work; Ministry of Administrative Development Labour and Social Affairs; Planning and Statistics Authority; All ministries concerned with the services provided and civil society institutions. |
Saudi Arabia | Ministry of Labour and Social Development | |
Sudan | National Council for Persons with Disabilities | |
Syria | Minister of Social Affairs and Labour / Secretary General of the Central Council for Disability Affairs (same person) | Sub-councils for the disabled in the governorates, Department of Disability Affairs of the Directorate of Social Services at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour |
Tunisia | Higher Council for Social Development and for the Welfare of Disabled Persons | |
United Arab Emirates | Ministry of Community Development | Executive boards at the government/local level |
Yemen | Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour |