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August 07, 2006
Eighth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee
Eighth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities wii be held from 14 to 25 August 2006.
more→http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc8.htm
How it started:
General Assembly resolution 56/168 of 19 December 2001 established an Ad Hoc Committee "to consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of
persons with disabilities, based on the holistic approach in the work done in the fields of social development, human rights and non-discrimination and taking into account the recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission for Social Development."
more →http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/adhoccom.htm
Posted by jicafriends at August 7, 2006 05:15 PM