28 March
2007
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has launched an
initiative to the government to kick off the procedure of
signing the UN Convention on the Protection and Promotion
of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities,
the presidential press service has said.
The document was adopted by the UN General Assembly in
New York on 13 December 2006. This is the first
international comprehensive document streamlined towards
protecting the rights of people with disabilities.
The Convention being unanimously adopted by the UN
points to the fact that it is recognised by the
international community as an important instrument
designed to promote and protect the rights and dignity of
one of the most vulnerable category of people.
Under the provisions of the convention, disabled
people benefit from the same fundamental rights and
freedoms as the other members of the society - the right
to education and non-discrimination, the right to access
to physical space, to transport, to information and
communication, the right to equality to law and access to
justice, the right to health care, labour, social
protection, participation in political, social and
cultural life, etc.
The ceremony of opening the signing and ratification
of the Convention and Optional protocol is to be held in
New York on 30 March 2007.
President Voronin said that the signing of this
convention will mean that Moldova accepts the
international principles of promoting and protecting the
rights of people with disabilities, the importance of
which is irrefutable.
Taking into account the world changes, Moldova is to
adjust its legislation on disabled people to the
international norms and standards, set by the Convention,
in order to ensure that they have the possibility of
integrating into the society and exerting the fundamental
human rights and freedoms.
Source
www.moldpres.md
