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- UN welcomes Iraqi ratification of pact on rights of persons with disabilities (30 January 2012)
- UN report highlights need to make television more accessible to persons with disabilities (5 December 2011)
- Ban urges inclusion of persons with disabilities into society (2 December 2011)
- Solitary confinement should be banned in most cases, UN expert says (18 October 2011)
- UN official urges integration of social concerns into economic recovery policies (3 October 2011)
- Children with disabilities in former Soviet countries face discrimination – UN (27 September 2011)
- UNICEF-backed conference seeks to ensure inclusion of children with disabilities (20 September 2011)
- Timor-Leste: UN calls for urgent action to ensure rights of persons with disabilities (20 September 2011)
- Independent UN expert calls on Kazakhstan to invest more in inclusive education (20 September 2011)
- Ensuring rights of persons with disabilities benefits all of society – Migiro (7 September 2011)
- UN conference to focus on ways of improving lives of people with disabilities (6 September 2011)
- Special Olympics can alter image of people with intellectual disabilities – UN (27 June 2011)
- More than one billion people face some form of disability, UN report finds (9 June 2011)
- UN hands out awards for innovative tourism projects (3 June 2011)
- UN human rights official lauds ratification milestone for disability pact (13 May 2011)
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Press releases:
- Special Rapporteur Calls for Full Integration into Development Agenda for Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 3 February 2012
- Disabilities Convention ‘Our Promise’ to Promote Respect for Inherent Dignity, Deputy Secretary-General Says at Commemoration of International Day - 2 December 2011
- Secretary-General to Call for Inclusive Society, Development ‘By, For, With’ Persons with Disabilities, at Event Commemorating International Day, 2 December - 1 December 2011
- Secretary-General Says Governments, Civil Society, Global Community Should Work Alongside Persons with Disabilities towards Equitable Development Worldwide - 29 November 2011
- 'Too Many Children Are Being Left Behind' Simply Because They Are Born Female, Have Disabilities, Live in World’s Poorest Places, Third Committee Told - 12 October 2011
Press Conferences:
- Press Conference by Chairman of Ad Hoc Committee on Disability Convention - 28 August 2006
- Press Conference on Disability Convention by Department of Economic and Social Affairs - 25 August 2006
- Press Conference on
Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 21 August 2006
Also: watch the video of the Daily Noon Briefing - Mr. Thomas Schindlmayr, guest, gave an update on progress on the negotiations for a convention to protect the rights of persons with disabilities [duration: 57 minutes]
- Press Conference by
Chairman of Ad Hoc committee on Convention on Disabled Persons’ Rights - 15
August 2006
Also: watch the video of the press conference [duration: 42 minutes]
Related Stories:
- NEW! Disability treaty to correct injustices opens for signature - 13 March 2007
- Landmark Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be Adopted on 13 December - 6 December 2006
- UN adapting conference facilities to meet the needs of delegates with disabilities - 11 August 2006
- Activists from the disability community are available for interviews on the Convention - New York, 14-25 August 2006
- E-Accessibility to be theme for International Day of Disabled Persons 2006 - New York, 26 July 2006
- Bid to Conclude Convention to End Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities - New York, 25 July 2006
- Press Conference on Disabilities Convention - New York, 03 February 2006
- Concluding current session, Disability Convention Committee reaches agreement on privacy rights, nears accord on rights to education, health, work - New York, 03 February 2006
- Delegates at UN meeting on disability rights see it as major step forward - 31 January 2006
- New treaty to play key role in affirming rights of disabled persons, High Commissioner tells Disability Convention Committee - New York, 27 January 2006
Also: Statement by Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Feature radio programme on the Convention [MP3] - 27 January 2006
