17. At the second inter-aiency meeting on the united Nations Decade of DisabredPersons, hetd on 30 and 3t May 1983, proposals for monltoring and evaluattngProgress achieved at nid-Decade in inplernent ing the World progranme rrerediscussed. These j.ncluded: (a) a conceptual iranesort whicb identifies five nainareas ln which to monitor progress achieved in tnplement ing the tforld prograrnne;governnent responsibility in implenent ing the ttorld progranne of Actlon,eguarization of opportunities, connun i ty-ba sear rehablritation, socio-econorlc 'factors related to disability bnd internationar co-operagioni and (b) nethods andpr@edures for carrying out ihe nonitoring exercise. on the basis of thegediscussions the centre for soclal. Developrnent and Hunanltarian Af fa i rs/Departnentof rnternatlonal Econonic and sociar Affairs hag prepared in consurtation withconcerned bodies and sp€cialized agencies of the united Nations syscen andinternationaL non-govdrmnenta r organizations, a questionnaire which is to becirculated to. t'tenL,er states during the second half of 1985. The analysis of thereplies received will provlde a basis for the reporc that the secretary-Gene ra Iwj.II subnit in I98? to the forty-second session of tbe ceneral Assenbly forevaluation of the inplementation of tbe t{orld progranrne of Action. rt is intendedthat a second round of nonltoring and evaluation of the inplenencat ion of the t{orldProgranne vill also be based on a questionnaire to be circulated to Member statesduring the period 1990-1991. 18, In this connection, it night be recalled tha! tbe ceneral Assenbly, in it6resolution 39/26' reouested the secretary-Gene ra 1 to ctonvene in l9g? a neeting ofexperts, consisting largely of disabled persons, to evaluate progress at thenid-point of the Decade of Disabled persons and to prepare a report tha! eouldenable the General Assenbly at its forty-second sesston to evaluate the norl.iProqramne of Action concerning DisahLed persons. provision for the organizacion ofsuch an international expert rneeting has been rnade in the proposed progranne brrdgetfor the bienniun 1986-198? (A/40/6\, lrhich will be before tbe currenr session ofthe ceneral Assenbly.A/40/128 English Page I (b) Guidelines for priority actions 19, The General Assembly, in paragraph 5 of its resolution 39/26, resuested the
**Analysis**
The text discusses the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, monitoring and evaluation of progress, and the preparation of reports. It also mentions the involvement of disabled persons in the evaluation process. Given the focus on disability and the World Programme of Action, it is likely that the text is related to human rights and social issues.

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