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December 09, 2010
Empowering people with disabilities will help battle against poverty - UN Officials
3 December 2010 - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief have called on governments to do more to support people with disabilities, stressing that they play a vital role in efforts to reach the globally agreed anti-poverty targets by their 2015 deadline.
In a message marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Mr. Ban urged governments to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to integrate the needs of this group with their persuit of the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
"People with disabilities account roughly 20 percent of those living in poverty in developing countries," he noted. "Worldwide, they suffer high rates of unemployment and often lack access to adequate education and healthcare. In many societies, there are simply no provisions made for this group and they end up living in isolation, disconnected from their own communities."
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=36943&Cr=DISABILITIES&Cr1
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