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UN convention on rights of disabled welcomed
27 August 2006
Hon Ruth Dyson
Minister for Disability
Issues
UN convention on rights of disabled welcomed
Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson today
welcomed the news that a United
Nations General Assembly
committee had reached agreement on the first ever
UN
convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
"I
am pleased that disabled people's rights are to be formally
recognised
by the UN," said Ruth Dyson.
"I congratulate
the New Zealand delegation for their leadership in
drafting
this treaty and I especially thank the New
Zealand ambassador and chairman
of the committee Don
MacKay, for his work in getting agreement on
this
important issue."
The draft of the convention is
expected to be considered by the UN General
Assembly
later this year.
The convention is expected to apply to an
estimated 650 million disabled
people worldwide in
countries which ratify
it.
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