REVIEW OF LAWS, IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS endeavour to "foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another." The Commission has, accordingly, worked actively to mobilize support for a comprehensive convention for the promotion and protection of the rights of people with disabilities. It has also strongly encouraged the Government of India to play a constructive and leading role in the process of treaty elaboration. 5.32 Thus, in a meeting of experts jointly organized by the United Nations and the Government of Mexico in June 2002, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission played an active role in the discussions relating to a possible convention. The Commission also advocated the need for such a convention in an Inter-governmental Meeting convened by UNESCAP in Japan in October 2002. Further, in the course of the period under review, the Commission started planning for a workshop of national institutions of the Commonwealth and Asia-Pacific region to discuss the nature and elements of a new convention and to discuss strategies for effective participation in future meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly. G] Furtherance of 1993 United Nations Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 5.33 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has, since the adoption of its resolution 2000/51, recognized the UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities as an "evaluative instrument to be used to assess the degree of compliance with human rights standards concerning disabled people". That Commission also observed that any violation of the fundamental principle of equality, or any discrimination or other negative differential treatment of persons with disabilities, was inconsistent with the United Nations Standard Rules and constituted an infringement of the human rights of persons with disabilities. 5.34 In order to encourage the use of the Standard Rules for policy formulation and the evaluation of the performance of States, the Commission participated in a meeting convened by the World Health Organization in Nepal in August 2002 for countries of the South Asia region. The Special Rapporteur of the Commission provided the meeting with an analysis of Rules 1 to 4, concentrating on the implications for the health sector. ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 ... ... 79 ... ... ..