World assembly for disabled people opens in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - The Disabled Peoples' International Sixth World Assembly opens a four-day meeting at the Hokkaido Synthesis Gymnastics Center in Sapporo on Oct. 15 to discuss issues which affect the disabled. Some 3,000 people from a record 108 countries and territories are expected to participate in the meeting.

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