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the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for England and Wales. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and appointed a Senior Investigator by the Department of Health, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). He is editor of the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (JIDR) and was awarded with a life time achievement award by the Down\u2019s Syndrome Association (UK) in 2011.<\/p>\n
AKIKO ITO
\nChief of the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UN Focal Point on Disability<\/p>\n
Ms. Akiko Ito is Chief of the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and UN\/Focal Point on Disability. She is also a Departmental Focal Point for Women of Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations and the DESA Focal Point for Human Rights Mainstreaming for UNDG. Ms. Ito has extensively lectured and published on issues concerning disability and human rights at the United Nations. Previous to her current post, she worked in the Legal Affairs Section of the United Nations Drug Control Programme in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n
Her academic background is in international law and the area of interest is domestic application of international law, with a focus on the rights of minorities and other disadvantaged groups.<\/p>\n
Ms. Ito has an LL.B. in International Legal Studies from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago and an LL.M. from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.<\/p>\n
DR. SELIM JAHAN
\nDirector, Poverty Practice, United Nations Development Programme<\/p>\n
Dr. Selim Jahan is the Director, Poverty Practice, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York. Prior to his appointment to this position in September 2007, he was the Cluster Leader, Strategies and Policies for Poverty Reduction (2006) and between 2001 and 2006, he was the Senior Adviser, Employment for Poverty Reduction in the Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) in UNDP in New York. He has also has served as the Deputy Director of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) and was a member of the Core Team that authored nine global Human Development Reports.<\/p>\n
Before joining UNDP in 1992, Dr. Jahan held different positions in universities, national governments and other international organizations. He was a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Economic Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was a Lecturer, Department of Economics, McGill University in Montreal, Canada a Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University, U.K. and a Visiting Scholar, School Of Public Policy, University of Maryland, U.S.A. He has also been an Adviser and Consultant to USAID, Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh and various international organizations including ILO, UNDP, UNESCO, and the World Bank.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jahan holds a Ph.D. in Economics from McGill University where he was a Commonwealth Scholar. He also has degrees from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He\u2019s the author of six books and more than 150 articles in various national and international academic journals. His current research interests are on such issues as modeling for MDG-based national development strategies, inclusive growth and inequality, employment for poverty reduction, and economic governance.<\/p>\n
KAZUKI KOBAYASHI Self-advocate (Japan)<\/p>\n
Kazuki Kobayashi is 27 years old and has Down syndrome. He works at “Tiny Sweet Chestnut” bakery and lives alone with some support in Ishinomaki-city in Miyagi-prefecture.<\/p>\n
Growing up, his mother\u2019s goal was to have live, go to school and work in his local community. He was a member of his school\u2019s basketball team. He also plays the guitar and organized a rock band when he was a high school student.<\/p>\n
Mr. Kobayashi wanted to become a college student and he studied very hard. He attended and graduated from Ishinomaki Senshu University\u2019s Department of Economics. The theme of his thesis was “Becoming<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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a taxpayer even if I have a disability.” After graduating from Ishinomaki Senshu University, he took an English conversation course at a community college in Hilo, Hawaii (United States) for six months where he lived in a local home. Upon returning to Japan, he was committed to becoming a part of his local community and he began attending an open-seminar at Tohoku Welfare University in order to make friends his age and also worked with and supported people with physical disabilities through music.<\/p>\n
On March 11, 2011, his hometown was devastated by the tsunami caused by the East Japan Great Earthquake. Fortunately, all his family survived and he was able to return to work. Mr. Kobayashi is now training to be a pastry chef and hopes to build and open a specialty food store with his father.<\/p>\n
Lloyd Lewis has served as President and CEO for Arc Thrift Stores since December 2005, a Colorado non-profit corporation whose primary lines of business include the popular arc Thrift stores as well as the Vehicles for Charity program. In this capacity, Lloyd is responsible for generating funding to support advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities in the state of Colorado for 12 Arc chapters, including Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, autism, and other forms of cognitive deficit.<\/p>\n
Lloyd\u2019s role includes oversight and management of arc\u2019s 21 retail stores, corporate and support operations and a staff of nearly 1,100 employees. Arc Thriftstores is one of the largest employers of people with developmental disabilities in the State of Colorado. Since Lloyd\u2019s tenure, arc Thrift has seen an increase of employees with disabilities from 10 in 2005, to over 150 today.<\/p>\n
Lloyd currently serves as Board President for Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association as well as Colorado Cross Disabilities Coalition. Additionally, he served on Governor Hickenloopers Transition team in 2010. Lloyd holds a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago Graduate Business School, and has prior corporate experience with companies including IBM and Smith Barney.<\/p>\n
RANDY LEWIS
\nSenior Vice President (retired), Walgreens (United States)<\/p>\n
Peace Corps volunteer, Arthur Murray dance instructor, Ernst and Young partner, and accidental advocate, Senior Vice President Randy Lewis led Walgreens\u2019 logistics division for sixteen years as the chain grew from 1,500 to 8,000 stores with the most advanced logistics network in its industry. Believing that people with disabilities could do more, he also introduced a model in its distribution centers that resulted in ten percent of its workforce consisting of people with disabilities (1,000+ PWDs). This initiative is not only changing the lives of thousands with disabilities but is also transforming the workplace and serving as a model for other employers.<\/p>\n
During his 20 year tenure at Walgreens, Randy was responsible for all aspects of logistics. Previously, as a management consultant for 17 years, he worked in variety of industries to develop and implement process improvements throughout the world including the development of the financial control systems for the trans-Arabian pipeline in Saudi Arabia and developing the cost management\/production planning systems for Argentina\u2019s largest private steel manufacturer.<\/p>\n
Randy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Wendy\u2019s and the Warehouse Education & Research Council (WERC). He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Tim Horton\u2019s, the chairman of the Supply Chain Committee of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and as the national conference chair for the Business Leadership Network.<\/p>\n
He received a BA and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. During this period of his life, he also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru from 1971 to 1973.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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LLOYD LEWIS
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PROFESSOR ROY MCCONKEY
\nProfessor of Development Disabilities, University of Ulster (Northern Ireland)<\/p>\n
Roy is Professor of Developmental Disabilities at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. A psychologist by training and a native of Belfast, he has previously held posts in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. He is visiting professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, the University of Sydney and at Trinity College, Dublin.<\/p>\n
He has worked in the field of intellectual disability for 40 years and has authored, co-authored and edited over 15 books, and published nearly 150 book chapters and research papers in learned journals. His latest book, co-authored with John Dunne and Nick Blitz, is \u2018Shared Lives: Building relationships and community with people who have intellectual disabilities, (published by Sense Publishers, Amsterdam).<\/p>\n
He has acted as a consultant to various United Nations agencies and International NGOs. This work has taken him to some 20 countries in Africa, Asia and South America. In 2010 the American Association of Intellectual and Development Disabilities selected him for their International Award. He is Fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.<\/p>\n
CHRIS MCMURRAY Self-advocate (Australia)<\/p>\n
Chris is 31 years old and has worked for Raytheon Australia for over 11 years. He was born in the small town of Queanbeyan in New South Wales which is 260 km south of Sydney and close to the capital of Australia, Canberra.<\/p>\n
Chris finished Year 12 at Queanbeyan High and enrolled at TAFE to study a secretarial course where he obtained several certificates in Office Administration. With appropriate training under his belt, Chris obtained work experience at the ACT Down Syndrome Association office in Canberra. At this point, Raytheon was looking for someone to provide office support as their organisation grew and they hired Chris. At Raytheon, Chris has become an integral part of their operations and never fails to make new staff welcome.<\/p>\n
Chris is passionate about music, dance and sport. He competes in lawn bowls, plays the fiddle and is in two dance troupes; jazz and line dancing. Chris is an ardent fan of the iconic county and western performer, Slim Dusty, and has over 100 of his albums. Chris is looking forward to continuing his career with Raytheon, spending more time dancing and playing with his numerous nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
GOPAL MITRA
\nThe United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) – Programme Specialist<\/p>\n
Gopal Mitra works as a Programme Specialist, Children with Disabilities in the Disability Section, Programme Division at UNICEF HQ since March 2012. As part of the Disability Section\u2019s mandate, his work involves mainstreaming disability across UNICEF\u2019s policies and programmes. He also supports UNICEF\u2019s engagement with the Inter Agency Support Group on Disability and with the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Multi-Donor Trust Fund. Within the Disability Section he acts as the focal point on inclusive humanitarian action, assistive technology and on adolescents and young people with disabilities.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining UNICEF Mitra was the International Policy and Campaigns Manager at the international NGO Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) and he has also held the position of Inclusive Education Manager of South Asia in. His engagement in the area of Education entailed working closely with government systems, teachers, parents, children with disabilities and the community at large. He has also co-chaired the inclusive education task group at International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC). Gopal Mitra has been associated with the Disability Movement and has closely supported disabled people\u2019s federation-building activities in Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n
Prior to his work in civil society organisations, Gopal Mitra was an officer in the Indian Army. As a Major in the Indian Army, Mitra took part in counter insurgency operations, development projects, as well as disaster response. In January 2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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he was decorated with the \u201cSena Medal\u201d, by the President of India for Gallantry\/ distinguished service. Later that year, he was severely injured in an explosion and became blind.<\/p>\n
Mitra has an MA in Social Work, specializing in Social Work Administration, from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India as well as an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK.<\/p>\n
VERONICA MULENGA
\nDown\u2019s Syndrome Association (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n
Veronica joined the Down Syndrome Association (UK) as their Employment Development Officer in May 2011. She was brought in for her expertise in both disabilities and the employment sector. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting with Business Law (2006) and Postgraduate degree in Project Management (2008) both from the University of Portsmouth, Veronica\u2019s passion for campaigning for equal rights came about whilst working for Kingston Volunteer Centre. As a project coordinator on the \u2018Getting People Back to Work Project\u2019 Veronica placed people with all types of disabilities into volunteering positions. It was her experience of supporting people with learning disabilities into volunteering that made her aware of how much impact meaningful employment can make in their lives and recognise \u2018real work for real pay\u2019 as an ultimate goal.<\/p>\n
Veronica has led the development and implementation of one of DSA\u2019s (UK) flagship programmes: WorkFit, and has been responsible for its immediate success. Working closely with private and public sector organisations, she has built WorkFit from the ground up, launching a bespoke website in December 2011 and successfully placing 19 individuals with Down\u2019s Syndrome in meaningful work opportunities throughout the UK and Wales. Under her leadership WorkFit continues to go from strength to strength, and while she continues to work with prospective employers and candidates, Veronica has also been developing a grassroots element to the project; working with local Down\u2019s syndrome support groups, schools and colleges to build up their own employment support networks.<\/p>\n
H.E. MR. TSUNEO NISHIDA
\nAmbassador and Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations<\/p>\n
Ambassador Tsuneo Nishida, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, was appointed to his current position in August 2010.<\/p>\n
Before his appointment as Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, Ambassador Nishida served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada from January
\n2007. Working for Japan\u2019s Foreign Ministry since 1970, he was in the Japanese Embassies in the USSR and in the USA, and was also the Japanese Consul-General in Los Angeles between August 1999 and March 2001. He served as Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy from September 2002 and as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo from August 2005.<\/p>\n
MR. VINICIUS CARVALHO PINHEIRO
\nDeputy Director, International Labour Organization<\/p>\n
Mr. Pinheiro is the Deputy Director of the ILO Office for the United Nations (New York) and Executive Secretary of the Social Protection Interagency Coordination Board since October 2012. He is currently representing the ILO in the UN discussions related to the post 2015 development agenda, social protection, youth employment and migration issues.<\/p>\n
Before moving to New York, Mr Pinheiro served as senior social protection adviser to the ILO Director General in Geneva. He also acted as ILO Sherpa to the G20 Development Working Group and served as Executive Secretary of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, headed by Ms Michele Bachelet, which led to the adoption of the ILO recommendation on nationally-defined social protection floors. He<\/p>\n
was also the focal point for the preparation of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) and its follow up.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining the ILO, Mr Pinheiro was the National Secretary for Social Security of Brazil (1999 -2002) responsible for designing and implementing the Brazilian Pension reform, including measures to increase coverage and strengthen the social<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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protection system. During this period he acted as Vice-Minister and Interim Minister of Social Security and as Executive Secretary of the National Social Security Council.<\/p>\n
In 2001, Mr Pinheiro was elected Vice-President of the Inter-American Social Security Conference. Between 2002 and 2005 he worked in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris and also provided consultancy services for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and to the World Bank in projects in Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n
KATE POWELL
\nSelf-Advocate (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n
Kate Powell has been working for the Down\u2019s Syndrome Association (UK) for 15 years as the Down 2 Earth Editor, a magazine for people and by people with Down\u2019s syndrome. She also supports the Communications department with administrative duties.<\/p>\n
Outside the DSA, Kate is a member of a professional Dance company Larondina Dance Company and has participated in shows hosted in Germany, Moscow and Orlando. In 2010 they danced for the Pope in front of 80,000 people at Hyde Park in London.<\/p>\n
Kate is a keen swimmer competing in the Special Olympics National Games in London. She has won<\/p>\n
over 100 medals. She has starred alongside Simon Pegg & Ronnie Corbett in the film Burke and Hare and has been in various theatre productions with the Chilli Beans.<\/p>\n
For the future Kate wants to continue representing people with Down\u2019s syndrome and help make a difference. She also aspires to become an author as she loves writing poetry.<\/p>\n
H.E. MR. MANJEEV SINGH PURI
\nAmbassador, Deputy Permanent Representative and Charge d\u2019Affaires of Permanent Mission of India to the UN<\/p>\n
Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri is India\u2019s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Prior to taking over his present assignment in New York, Ambassador Puri was Joint Secretary (United Nations \u2013 Economic & Social) in the Ministry of External Affairs. His charge included dealing with UN and multilateral bodies involved with economic and social issues, including in the areas of development, finance, human rights, migration, humanitarian affairs and UNESCO related matters.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Puri was also closely involved with the Sherpa negotiations of the G8\/G5 Summits and other major international fora of which India was a member. He represented India at meetings of the working group on development and in several meetings on energy and climate issues leading up to the<\/p>\n
Toyako G8\/G5 Summit in 2008 and thereafter.<\/p>\n
A key element of Ambassador Puri\u2019s charge in New Delhi was climate. He was a member of the Indian delegation at the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC, where he was among the small group of negotiators in the final rounds of negotiations for the Bali Plan of Action. Ambassador Puri was also the coordinator of India\u2019s participation in the Major Economies Meeting and served on the Executive Board of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. Ambassador Puri has also been actively involved with other issues relating to sustainable development and environment, including International Environmental Governance. He has been a member of the Indian delegation for the meetings of Commission of Sustainable Development and has actively participated in UNEP\u2019s meetings of Environment Ministers. In New York he is actively involved with the discussions on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Puri is a member of the Indian Foreign Service having joined the service in 1982. In the course of his Foreign Service career, Ambassador Puri has served in Germany (twice), Bangkok, Caracas, Cape Town and Muscat. He has also served in the Ministry of External Affairs. Ambassador Puri is on the Advisory Board of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi) and was on the Steering Committee for the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.<\/p>\n
Manjeev Singh Puri (born 1959) has an MBA degree and had worked for Hindustan Unilever before joining Government. He did his BA (Honours) in Economics from St. Stephen\u2019s College, Delhi University, with top honours. He is married (wife: Mrs Namrita Puri) and has two children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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H.E. MR. GARY QUINLAN
\nAmbassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations<\/p>\n
Mr. Quinlan presented his credentials as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations on 25 June 2009.<\/p>\n
From December 2007 until March 2009, Mr. Quinlan was the Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and National Security.<\/p>\n
Mr. Quinlan joined the then Department of Foreign Affairs in 1973 and has served in several senior positions in the Department in Canberra, including First Assistant Secretary, Consular, Public Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs Division (2007) and First Assistant Secretary, Americas and<\/p>\n
Europe Division (2000-2001). He was Head of the Australian Delegation to the Law of the Sea Preparatory Commission from 1987 until 1988, and has extensive experience in negotiations also on Antarctic matters.<\/p>\n
Mr. Quinlan’s overseas assignments have been as Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy Washington DC (2005- 2007); High Commissioner (Ambassador) to Singapore (2001-2005); First Secretary, Australian Mission to the United Nations, New York (1981-1985); Australian Deputy Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Paris (1979-1981); and Second Secretary in Dublin (1974-1977). He was attached to the Economic Development Institute, World Bank, in Washington DC (1984).<\/p>\n
Mr. Quinlan also served as Chief of Staff to the Minister for Resources (1988-1990); to the Minister for Industrial Relations (Labour) (1990-1993); to the Minister for Trade (1993-1994) and to the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology (1994-1996).<\/p>\n
Mr. Quinlan was educated at the University of Newcastle and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours. He also holds the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (Hon DLitt Newc, 2007).<\/p>\n
CHARLES RADCLIFFE
\nChief of the Global Issues Section, United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR)<\/p>\n
Charles Radcliffe is Chief of the Global Issues Section at the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in New York, responsible for coordinating work on thematic human rights issues.<\/p>\n
He also serves as the senior UN human rights adviser on sexual orientation and gender identity, supporting UN efforts to raise awareness of and address violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining the United Nations in 2006, Charles helped to establish and develop the International Crisis Group\u2014a non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Recruited at Crisis Group\u2019s inception in 1995, he remained with the organization for eleven years,<\/p>\n
including seven years as the organization\u2019s vice-president.
\nHe previously worked as a political adviser and speechwriter for several British and Australian politicians.<\/p>\n
Charles holds a First Class Honours Degree in Law from King\u2019s College London in the United Kingdom, and a Masters Degree in International Relations from Sydney University, Australia.<\/p>\n
PENNY ROBERTSON
\nChair, Down Syndrome International (Australia) Founder, Australian International School (Indonesia)<\/p>\n
Penny Robertson has been involved for nearly 30 years in developing key initiatives for people with Down syndrome and other disabilities at local, state, national and international levels. Penny was one of the founders of Down Syndrome International (DSi) in 1993 and the Asia Pacific Down Syndrome Federation in 1994.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In 1994 Penny and her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where she started the Australian International School in order to provide an inclusive education in a mainstream setting for her daughter Shona, who has Down syndrome. Penny has consulted on curriculum development for people with disabilities throughout Indonesia and she has played a significant role in establishing support programmes and national Down Syndrome Associations in the Asia Pacific region.<\/p>\n
In 1991 the Australian Government awarded Penny as a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to the education of the intellectually disabled. On 21 March 2011, Penny received the President’s Special Recognition Award for a lifetime’s achievement in Down syndrome advocacy.<\/p>\n
H.E. MR. RYSZARD SARKOWICZ
\nAmbassador and Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations<\/p>\n
Mr. Ryszard Sarkowicz graduated with High Honors from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, receiving a degree in law (1977) and in philosophy (1979). He later earned his LL.D. (1993), received tenure (habilitation – 1995) and in 2005-2009 held a position professor of law at the Faculty of Law at the Jagiellonian University. Mr. Sarkowicz has published a vast array of works, including over 60 papers, 5 books and 20 journal articles on various legal issues ranging from professional ethics and legal interpretation to penal and commercial law. He also carried out research and lectured abroad in many universities: the University of Vienna in Austria (1987), Oxford University in the United Kingdom (1988), the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (1990), the University of Munich in Germany (1994-1995).<\/p>\n
Since 1991 he has been employed in the Polish Foreign Service (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), holding various positions: a legal counselor, Head of Legal Department of MFA, Special Envoy (in the rank of ambassador ad personam) to the Antarctic Treaty, and Deputy Director of the Protocol Department, successively. He was also posted abroad as Consul General of Poland in Chicago and in Sydney. From 2010 until assuming duties of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the UN he has been the Director of Legal and Treaty Department.<\/p>\n
During his career in the Foreign Service he attended numerous conferences abroad and represented Poland at many bilateral and multilateral talks and negotiations. Mr. Sarkowicz was born on November 2, 1952. He and his wife Anna, a lecturer of English at the Jagiellonian University, permanently reside in Krak\u00f3w.<\/p>\n
MR. IVAN \u0160IMONOVIC
\nAssistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Head of the New York Office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<\/p>\n
Ivan \u0160imonovi\u0107 assumed his functions as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights on 17 July 2010, heading OHCHR\u2019s New York Office.<\/p>\n
Before joining the United Nations, from 2008 he held the position of Minister of Justice of Croatia. Previously Mr. \u0160imonovi\u0107 was Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, where he served as Senior Vice-President and President of the Economic and Social Council from 2001 to 2003.<\/p>\n
A Croatian national, Mr. \u0160imonovi\u0107 worked as a professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of<\/p>\n
Zagreb, where he served as Head of the Legal Theory Department, Vice-Dean and Vice-Rector for international cooperation.<\/p>\n
He has experience and has published extensively in the fields of international relations, law, human rights, and development of national institutions. In an expert capacity, he has been a member of the Council of Europe\u2019s Commission for Democracy through Law (i.e. the Venice Commission) and the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), as well as the Agent of the Republic of Croatia before the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ).<\/p>\n
Mr. \u0160imonovi\u0107 has a graduate degree in law, a master\u2019s degree in public administration and politics, and a Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb and was a visiting scholar at the Universities of Graz and Yale. Mr. \u0160imonovi\u0107 was born in 1959 in Zagreb, Croatia. He is married with two children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ALEX SNEDDEN Self-advocate (New Zealand)<\/p>\n
Alex is 24 years old and he describes himself as being \u201ca good role model and leader for people with Down syndrome\u201d. Since leaving school in 2007, Alex has developed an employment portfolio, strong friendships, a home of his own, a place in community, and independence from his family. He is a committed Catholic, a very loyal employee and in his spare time he enjoys Karate, going to the Gym, and is an avid wrestling a rugby fan.<\/p>\n
He is a valued member of the staff at Drake Medox, Snedden Airocean Services and the Auckland<\/p>\n
Catholic Diocese administration team. He volunteers one morning a week for a major inner city foodbank and in 2011 won the Volunteer of the Year Award for Volunteer Auckland.Alex is a proud committee member of People First and the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association Self-advocates committee \u2018Strive\u2019. In 2010 he won the Youth Attitude Award, a major achievement for any young man starting out in life.<\/p>\n
Alex is one of the first group of young New Zealanders with an intellectual disability to have come through a fully inclusive education system and he is very determined to take up a life of contribution and social value in community. Alex will present what it means to him to be independent, the vital role his Circle of Support plays in his life, and the responsibilities that come with adulthood. He will talk about the dreams and aspirations he holds for his future.<\/p>\n
JAGEEP THAKRAL
\nGeneral Manager, Holiday Inn \u2013 Singapore Orchard City (Singapore) Member, Enabling Employers Network<\/p>\n
Jagdeep Thakral is currently the General Manager of Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre and oversees the entire Hotel operations. Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre was the first and only hotel in the Singapore hospitality industry to be appointed a Centre of Training & Integration (CTI) by the National Council of Social Services (NCSS). It is an initiative that promotes a structured on-the-job- training program using buddy systems for PWDs within a real-time work environment.<\/p>\n
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be a member of the Singapore\u2019s Enabling Employers Network (EEN) since 2010. The EEN is an alliance of like-minded employers who seek to champion and advance the employment opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Currently, 13% of Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre\u2019s manpower is comprised of PWDs. As an appointed EEN member, Jagdeep has been a guest speaker of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network Regional Meeting (2013) and Building \u201cDisability Confidence\u201d in Asia \u2013 The Business Case Seminar (2011). Under Jagdeep\u2019s leadership, Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre achieved two major milestones: the first Hotel in Singapore to be awarded with the Endorsement of Commitment under ISO 26000 for Social Responsibility, and the OSHAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Further, the Hotel has been accorded corporate awards such as the Asia\u2019s Best Employer Brand Award 2012 (Universum), Enabling Champion Award 2012 (Enabling Employers Network), Best Employer Award 2011 (Aon Hewitt) and the Corporate Responsibility Award 2011 (IHG).<\/p>\n
Born in New Delhi, India, Jagdeep enjoys a good game of golf and spending quality time with his family.<\/p>\n
BRENO VIOLA Self-advocate (Brazil)<\/p>\n
Breno Viola de Azevedo Cunha is a self-advocate from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently, he is one of the coordinators of Movimento Down, a website which aims at providing useful information and support to families and professionals that deal with people with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n
Breno is multi-talented. He stars in the award winning Buddies movie and has spoken at numerous national and international conferences. He has become an expert in Judo. He became the first person with Down syndrome in the Americas to achieve the first degree black belt degree and has since achieved his 2nd and 3rd degree belts. He has numerous Judo accomplishment and is currently<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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H.E. MRS. MARIA LUIZA RIBEIRO VIOTTI
\nAmbassador and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations<\/p>\n
Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti is the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations since July 2007. At the UN, she led the Brazilian Delegation to the Security Council during 2010 and 2011 and presided over the Council in February 2011. She has also led the Brazilian Delegation to the Economic and Social Council and served as Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission Country Configuration for Guinea-Bissau since 2009.<\/p>\n
Prior to her current position, she has served in numerous capacities including Director-General for<\/p>\n
International Organizations at the Ministry of External Relations, Director-General for Human Rights and Social Issues at the Ministry of External Relations, and Minister Counselor at the Mission of Brazil to the UN. She has also served as Lecturer on History of Political Thought at the \u201cInsituto Rio Ranco\u201d, the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy.<\/p>\n
She graduated from Brazil\u2019s Diplomatic Academy, the \u201cRio Branco Institute\u201d, received a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Economics from the \u201cCentro Universit\u00e1rio do Distrito Federal\u201d (UDF), Bras\u00edlia, DF, and concluded a postgraduate program in Economics at the University of Bras\u00edlia. She completed the Advanced Studies Course at the Rio Branco Institute with the thesis \u201cNatural Gas in the relations between Brazil and Bolivia\u201d, in 1995.<\/p>\n
RUTH ANN VIRGIL
\nDivisional Human Resources Manager, Wegmans Food Market, Inc. \u2013 Cherry Hill, New Jersey<\/p>\n
Ruth Ann Virgil is currently a Divisional Human Resources Manager for seven stores in New Jersey at Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. She has a team of HR Representatives responsible for advocating and providing incredible service to over 3500 employees in New Jersey. She has been in human resources and with Wegmans since 1988. Ruth Ann has held various roles in her career at Wegmans including Employee Representative and Corporate Humans Resources Coordinator. She assisted in opening seventeen Wegmans stores throughout New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Her responsibilities include strategic planning, recruitment\/staffing, employee training and development, compliance and employee relations.<\/p>\n
She has a B.S. degree from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York with a major in Business Administration and a minor in Marketing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We are pleased to announce there is an opportunity for delegates to network among yourself and with several Down syndrome organizations. We ask that you visit Conference Room E (upstairs near the Caf\u00e9) during lunch.<\/p>\n
Lunch<\/p>\n
Networking: Conference Room E, upstairs near Caf\u00e9
\nFood Options: Caf\u00e9 on 2nd floor of United Nations North Lawn Building (where this conference is located). Cash only.<\/p>\n
Outside the UN \u2013 plenty of options in the immediate vicinity from delis to restaurants
\nPlease note: The Coffee Shop located in the Visitors Lobby, lower level is temporarily closed<\/p>\n
Leaving and Returning to the United Nations<\/p>\n
If you leave the United Nations complex, you will need to return through the Main Visitor\u2019s Lobby. You will be required to go through security each time your return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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YOU WILL NEED TO KEEP YOUR VISITORS\/CONFERENCE BADGE TO GET BACK TO THE NORTH LAWN BUILDING WHERE THIS CONFERENCE IS LOCATED. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR BADGE WITH YOU, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO RETURN AND THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO GET A REPLACEMENT BADGE AFTER THE CONFERENCE HAS STARTED.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UN Bookshop: Visitors Lobby , Lower Level UN Gift Shop: Visitors Lobby, Lower Level<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“Let Us In – I Want To Work!”
\nGlobal Video Event in partnership with 62 countries http:\/\/www.ds-int.org\/let-us-in-i-want-to-work<\/p>\n
Langdon Down Centre, 2A Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reg Charity No. 1091843 Reg Company No. 4327941<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Down Syndrome International is delighted to announce that registration is open for the 2013 World Down Syndrome Day “Right to Work” Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. REGISTRATION IS FREE and easy to do. Simply follow the link below to complete the online form:<\/p>\n