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July 27, 2009

US to Sign UN Convention on Rights of Disabled
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At a celebration of the nineteenth anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, President Obama announced Friday that the United
States will sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities. He said UN Ambassador Susan Rice will sign the
document this week, along with 140 other nations. Nations that are party
to the treaty will be required to ensure that citizens with disabilities
enjoy full equality under the law. The disabilities convention will
become the first international human rights treaty signed by the United
States in nearly a decade.



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