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Legislation and Policy

The DAC Secretariat has been instrumental in supporting a Law on Disabilities for Cambodia. In collaboration with Ministry of Social Affairs Veteran and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSAVY), the DAC Secretariat drafted the law and supported the ministry to submit it to the Council of Ministers and work for passage. At the time of the assessment the law had been twice presented to the Council of Ministers and was expected to pass by the end of 2006.

Legislation and policy support is an important role for the DAC. The Secretariat is in an ideal position to draw on the knowledge and experience of both itself and the membership to advocate with government counterparts. The DAC Secretariat has been involved in negotiations about education laws and policies, vocation training policies, and child protection laws. In addition, a number of international agreements, particularly the ESCAP Biwako Framework for the Second Asian Pacific Decade of People with Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled, currently under negotiation, are expected to impact positively on Cambodia.