Prof. Ismail Saleh, the President of the Malaysian Association for the Blind made a presentation at the Executive Committee Meeting of ICEVI on February 7, 2004 in which elaborated on the arrangements made by the MAB for hosting the 12th world conference at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 to 21 July 2006. Following his presentation, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the President of ICEVI and the President of MAB before members of the EXCO of ICEVI, staff of MAB and senior officials from the Government of Malaysia. The conference is expected to be attended by nearly 1000 participants from all over the world. See pages 20-21 of this issue for details of the “Call for Papers”.
