New York Secretary-General's Accessibility Message
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New York, 13 December 2006 - Secretary-General's message on the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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More newsToday marks an important event: the day the General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But for 650 million persons around the world living with disabilities, today promises to be the dawn of a new era - an era in which disabled people will no longer have to endure the discriminatory practices and attitudes that have been permitted to prevail for all too long.
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