United Nations on the Side of People with Disabilities

 

From the UN:

 

23 September 2013 – The rights of persons with disabilities must be directly addressed by the post-2015 development agenda, United Nations officials told world leaders today, urging them to adopt national and international policies that enhance and promote disability-inclusive development.

“Disability is part of the human condition; almost everyone will be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on Disability and Development.

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