Other News StoriesGLOBAL FORUM FOR INCLUSION 2008: Transforming Rights into Action. 17-26 Nov 2008. GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. 2008 Global Forum for Inclusion’s International Gathering of Families Inclusion International would like to congratulate its Ethiopian members on the change of its name News ArchiveRelated linksThis is a news item about UN Disability Convention . Find out more about UN Disability Convention Search the Site |
NewsCommittee negotiating disability Convention to meet at United Nations, 1-12 August[Last updated Wednesday, July 20, 2005]
Meeting for its sixth session, the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities will conduct a second reading of articles 16 to 24, which address issues such as children with disabilities, education, accessibility and personal mobility. These articles also cover the rights to health and rehabilitation, the right to work, social security and adequate standards of living, and participation in political and public life, cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport.
All Inclusion International Delegates are staying at the New York Helmsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd Street NY, NY 10017 Phone: 1-800-221-4982 The Ad Hoc Committee has a new chairperson -- Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, who served as Coordinator of the Committee. He was elected chairperson on 13 April, succeeding Ambassador Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, who was appointed Ambassador of Ecuador to Australia. |
