NAD Commends Adoption of UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
A News Release from the National Association of the Deaf Release Date: For Immediate Release
Contact: Anita B. Farb
www.nad.org/contact
SILVER SPRING, MD — The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) commends the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the adoption of Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities on December 13, 2006. This would require UN member countries to guarantee freedom from exploitation and abuse for individuals with disabilities, at the same time protecting their human rights. The Convention will open for signature by UN member countries on March 30, 2007 – once it is ratified by 20 countries, it will become an official international treaty.
“This is truly a remarkable achievement in addressing the rights of persons with disabilities in both industrialized and developing countries worldwide,” said Bobbie Beth Scoggins, president of the National Association of the Deaf. “We want to congratulate everyone who collaborated on this historic international Convention-disability organizations, advocates, governments, and international organizations-for their efforts to ensure recognition of the full rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities as equal members of society. In particular, this is significant for 80% of deaf people globally, who, according to the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), do not have any access to education.”
The NAD represents the United States as a member of the WFD, which has been a part of the UN Convention process for the past five years. Recognition of the linguistic rights of deaf people worldwide in the Convention is a significant achievement, which involves the right of deaf people to receive education and have access to information in sign language. This includes the ability of deaf people to use their native sign languages, with access to professional sign language interpreters, and the promotion of the cultural and linguistic identity of the deaf community within each nation and worldwide.
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