2007-03-30
Today, 30 March 2007, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol are opened for signatures at a ceremony at the UN Headquarters in New York.
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2007-03-30
On 26 March in Geneva, WFDB President Lex Grandia addressed the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the International Disability Caucus.
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2006-12-14
Today the Convention on Human Rights for People with Disabilities has been passed by the General Assembly of the UN.
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2006-12-14
The 13 December 2006, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the first human rights convention of the 21st century.
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2006-09-07
(Lex Grandia, president WFDB) The 25th of August this year was a historical day. In the very last moment before closing the Un 8th Ad Hoc committee meeting on the Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities, the committee finally agreed on a draft text.
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2006-09-07
(Por Alex Garcia, Brasil) Buenos dias a todos. Escribi para hacer la divulgacion de nuestra análise acerca del Documento Final de la ONU en la Convencion Internacional de los Derechos de las Personas Discapacitadas.
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