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Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
"As president, Barack Obama will renew America's leadership by making the United States a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the first human rights treaty approved by the UN in the 21st century and a vital foundation for respecting the rights of people with disabilities worldwide He will urge the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention expeditiously."
Sources: "Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan to Empower Americans with Disabilities."
Subjects: Disability, Health Care, Human Rights
Obama gets U.N. Convention on disabilities signed
Updated: Friday, July 31st, 2009 | By Angie Drobnic Holan
On July 30, 2009, the United States become a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The convention, which you can read here , "asserts the rights to education, health, work, adequate living conditions, freedom of movement, freedom from exploitation and equal recognition before the law for persons with disabilities," according to statement from the United Nations.
Susan Rice, Obama's ambassador to the United Nations, signed the convention at U.N. headquarters in New York, bringing the total number of signatories to 141 as of that date.
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United Nations, UN applauds decision of United States to join landmark disability pact , July 31, 2009
The White House, Remarks by the President on the Signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Proclamation , July 24, 2009
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