On August 19-20, 2015 in Geneva’s Palais Wilson the delegation of Ukraine, headed by V.Shevchenko, First Deputy Minister for Social Policy, presents before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the First periodic report on implementation by our State of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

V.Sushkevych, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, representatives of Ministry of Social Policy, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Permanent Mission of Ukraine in Geneva as well as of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and Ukrainian civil society organizations of people with disabilities take part in the session.