“The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Solutions for Improvement”
Presented by Louis O’Neill on Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Mr. Chairman of Parliament, Ministers, Ambassadors, dear colleagues! For me it is an honor and a pleasure to take part in the opening of this important conference, of which the OSCE Mission to Moldova is a proud sponsor.
Over the next days we will focus broadly on the rights of persons with disabilities in Moldova, and more specifically on the recently adopted United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As you know, the Convention was adopted on December 13, 2006 in New York during the Sixty-First session of the General Assembly. The Convention enters into force once twenty countries ratify it. I am proud that Moldova was among the first countries to sign the Convention and its Optional Protocol at the UN Headquarters in New York on the very first day that it was possible - March 30, 2007. This was a very positive step towards ensuring that the rights of persons with disabilities are respected in Moldova.
