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    Latest CRPD Buzz Links: May 16, 2008

    By Pam VanderVeer | May 16, 2008

    Celebrating the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    UNICEF (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    The goals of the CRPD, which was put into force on 3 May, are to protect the rights of people with disabilities and give more leverage to governments to

    Jordan champions rights of special needs people
    The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
    The Jordanian prince urges Arab countries to improve conditions for disabled people by signing a UN convention. iStockphoto UNITED NATIONS // Prince Ra’ad

    UN celebrates disability treaty
    BBC News - UK
    By Geoff Adams-Spink The UN is celebrating the coming into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - a landmark agreement

    UN marks entry into force of global pact on disability rights
    Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
    The CRPD does not create new rights for the estimated 650 million people around the world with disabilities, but aims to ensure that the benefits of

    UNICEF welcomes the ratification of the UN Disabilities Convention
    UNICEF (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    NEW YORK, 12 May 2008 - The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, which came into force on 3 May

    UNECA convenes meeting on rights of disabled persons
    Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - After the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities became effective on 3 May 2008, the UN Economic Commission for

    UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities: First of its Kind
    Yet only recently did the United Nations ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is a landmark agreement aimed at giving the world’s 650 million disabled people full equality.
    uprisingradio.org - http://uprisingradio.org/home
    HELPING THE DISABLED: Treat pact as an urgent issue
    However, there are two more significant steps for Malaysia to take with utmost urgency: we have to ratify, and then implement the CRPD treaty, seeing to it that the Optional Protocol section is accepted without conditions or changes.
    TwoSen - http://twosen.com
    Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    By Andrew Borislow
    The CRPD is unique among international human rights treaties in that it specifically addresses the issues of physical and program accessibility in tourism for persons with disabilities:. Article 30, Participation in cultural life,
    Special Kids - Celebrating The… - http://www.specialkids.com/my_weblog/
    The Zambian government has signed the convention on human rights
    Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
    The principles of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities include non-discrimination, full and effective participation and inclusion in

    UN Secretary-General calls for research to develop universally
    eGov monitor - London,UK
    On this day, let us pledge to adhere to the guiding principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and work together to connect

    UN marks entry into force of global pact on disability rights
    UN News Centre -
    12 May 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as “a new

    SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT, SAYS CONCRETE STEPS MUST
    Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    The entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol heralds a new dawn in the fight for the

    UN experts emphasize obligation of international community to
    ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
    the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Declaration on the Right to Development and in the Millennium Declaration’. By Emergency:

    Ratification of UN Convention welcomed
    Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
    The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ welcomes the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that came to force on 3 May 2008.

    SC deposes off 20 cases
    Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
    UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (APP): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    Feature: UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, now
    Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
    United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN-CRPD) last May 12, 2008 held at the grounds of the Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

    Africa: Our Round One Victory Over Disability
    AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
    The entry into force on Monday of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol heralds a new dawn in the fight for

    Breaking down barriers
    Peninsula On-line - Qatar
    Prince Ra’ad Bin Zeid of Jordan, head of the Royal House of Iraq, has voiced support for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,

    Children with disabilities
    By Narine Mkrtchyan(Narine Mkrtchyan)
    UNICEF has welcomed the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Disabilities Convention was adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2006, and was opened for signature and ratification on
    In Memoriam of Armenian Genocide - http://intlsolidarity.blogspot.com/
    AfricaFiles | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    Summary & Comment: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/611 in 2006 and entered
    BBC NEWS | Special Reports | At-a-glance: UN disability treaty
    Aug 25, 2006 Here is an at-a-glance guide to the draft United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
    WHO | Why is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is important because it is a tool for ensuring that people with disabilities have access to the
     
     

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