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Latest Developments
- Adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Summary of the General Assembly 76th Plenary Meeting
[Also: watch the video- 2 hours and 46 minutes
] - Press conference by Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, chairman of the General Assembly committee that
negotiated the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [Also: watch the video- 37 minutes]
- Lauding disability convention as "dawn of a new era," UN urges speedy ratification
- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Summary of the General Assembly 76th Plenary Meeting
- Landmark Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be adopted on 13 December
- More news
Press kit
- Q&A: Why a Convention?
- The Convention in Brief
- Factsheet: Some Facts about Persons with Disabilities
- Activists available for interviews
Documentation
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
- More documents on the United Nations enable site
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