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UN conference begins to review disability treaty implementation

12 September 2012 22:42 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A UN conference kicked off here on Wednesday to review the implementation of an international treaty on safeguarding the rights of people with disability.

The gathering attracted hundreds of advocates and experts on disability, as well as government delegates, UN officials said.

The three-day event, known as the Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), is the largest international meeting on disability issues, said the officials.

The meeting is held each year to facilitate the exchange of experience and ideas for the implementation of the convention, which was adopted on Dec. 13, 2006. There are currently 119 states that have ratified or acceded to the convention. These states parties are required to promote full equality and participation of persons with disabilities in society.

"It is our responsibility as members of the international community and citizens of our own countries to bring about changes to more than one billion persons with disabilities worldwide," said Wu Hongbo, the UN under-secretary-general for economic and social affairs. "There is no development when so many people are without equal opportunities and excluded from society."

Running through Sept. 14 under the theme of "Making the CRPD Count for Women and Children," the meeting will review good practices and challenges in the implementation of the Convention, especially for groups with vulnerabilities.

"Women and children with disabilities face aggravated forms of discrimination and other forms of obstacles in life," said Marten Grunditz, the permanent representative of Sweden to the United Nations and president of the current session. "So much talent is wasted -- but opportunities can be seized and created. Let’s make it count for them -- because it’s right and it’s smart."

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