New treaty to play key role in affirming rights of disabled persons,

 

high commissioner tells disability convention committee

 

DISABILITY CONVENTION COMMITTEE FORGES AHEAD ON ARTICLES

 

ON PERSONAL FREEDOMS, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

 

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Persons with Disabilities

1^st Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING FIRST-EVER CONVENTION ON

RIGHTS OF DISABLED PERSONS OPENS THREE-WEEK SESSION

Background Release

COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

TO MEET AT UNITED NATIONS, 16 JANUARY - 3 FEBRUARY

 

UNITED NATIONS TO PRINT FIRST-EVER BRAILLE DOCUMENTS AT HEADQUARTERS,

THANKS TO DISABILITY ORGANIZATION DONATION ON 12 JANUARY

 

‘MURDERBALL’, AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ON ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY,

TO BE SHOWN AT UNITED NATIONS ON 1 DECEMBER

YOUTH ISSUES IN SPOTLIGHT AT UNITED NATIONS 3-7 OCTOBER

World Youth Report 2005 to Be Launched,

Young People to Discuss Concerns with Member States and Governments

UNITED NATIONS 2005 REPORT ON WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION FINDS

MUCH OF WORLD TRAPPED IN ‘INEQUALITY PREDICAMENT’

World More Unequal than 10 Years Ago

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Persons with Disabilities

20^th Meeting (PM)

Committee negotiating convention on rights of disabled persons

concludes current session

 

DISABILITY CONVENTION COMMITTEE FORGES AHEAD ON ARTICLES

AFFECTING DAILY LIFE OF PEOPlE WITH DISABILITIES