| Accreditation to: |
Conference of States Parties
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| Affiliation with other organizations: |
ULAC works with World Blind Union. |
| Publications: |
Manual Tecnico de Servicios de Rehabilitacion Integral para Personas Ciegas o con Baja Visión en America Latina (editions in: 1999 an 2010); Manual sobre prevención de la Ceguera (2000); Revista América Latina (from 1986, quarterly publication) |
| Purpose of the organization: |
To be the autonomous and sustainable technical and political organization in Latin America that represents the interests of blind and low vision people and their organizations and the one that speaks on their behalf at national, regional and international levels. |
| Activities relevant to the conference of States Parties to the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: |
Monitoring and advice relating to the implementation of the CRPD. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
Volmir Raimondi (Brazil), Fernando Galarraga (Argentina), Zilpa Arriola (Guatemala), Selene Caraballo (Uruguay), Lucía Nieves (Venezuela), Rosario Galarza (Perú), Ruben Vazquez (Honduras), Miguel Ulloa (Chile), Carlos Ferrari (Brazil), Leticia Vargas (El Salvador), Matías Ferreyra (Argentina), Dean Lermen (Colombia), Sandra Lopez (Nicaragua) |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
Organizations of and for the blind from 19 Latin American countries. ULAC has 65 active members. |
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