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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on March 30th.
[Last updated Monday, March 5, 2007]
INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES THE SIGNING OF THE UN CONVENTION !
March 30, 2007 (New York) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was open for signature in an official signing ceremony. While the Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in December 2006, the signing ceremony marked the first steps in formalizing the Convention into law. A country must first sign and then ratify a Convention for it to become law. 82 States and the European Commission signed the Convention and 44 States signed the Optional Protocol. The Convention establishes an international framework for securing the rights of persons with disabilities as well as a responsibility to advance and promote the rights of persons with disabilities.
List of Signatory States and Regional Integration Organizations as shown on http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/conventionsign.htm
* Denotes Signature of both Convention and Optional Protocol
Algeria* 30 March 2007
Antigua y Barbuda* 30 March 2007
Argentina* 30 March 2007
Armenia* 30 March 2007
Australia 30 March 2007
Austria* 30 March 2007
Belgium* 30 March 2007
Brazil* 30 March 2007
Canada 30 March 2007
Cape Verde 30 March 2007
Chile* 30 March 2007
China 30 March 2007
Colombia 30 March 2007
Congo (Republic of Congo)* 30 March 2007
Costa Rica* 30 March 2007
Croatia* 30 March 2007
Cyprus* 30 March 2007
Czech Republic* 30 March 2007
Denmark 30 March 2007
Dominica 30 March 2007
Dominican Republic* 30 March 2007
Ecuador* 30 March 2007
Egypt 04 April 2007
El Salvador* 30 March 2007
Ethiopia 30 March 2007
Finland* 30 March 2007
France 30 March 2007
Gabon 30 March 2007
Germany* 30 March 2007
Ghana* 30 March 2007
Greece 30 March 2007
Guatemala* 30 March 2007
Honduras 30 March 2007
Hungary* 30 March 2007
Iceland* 30 March 2007
India 30 March 2007
Indonesia 30 March 2007
Ireland 30 March 2007
Israel 30 March 2007
Italy* 30 March 2007
Jamaica* 30 March 2007
Jordan* 30 March 2007
Kenya 30 March 2007
Liberia* 30 March 2007
Lithuania* 30 March 2007
Luxembourg* 30 March 2007
Macedonia (FYORM) 30 March 2007
Malta* 30 March 2007
Mexico* 30 March 2007
Moldova 30 March 2007
Morocco 30 March 2007
Mozambique 30 March 2007
Netherlands 30 March 2007
New Zealand 30 March 2007
Nicaragua 30 March 2007
Niger 30 March 2007
Nigeria* 30 March 2007
Norway 30 March 2007
Panama* 30 March 2007
Paraguay* 30 March 2007
Peru* 30 March 2007
Poland 30 March 2007
Portugal* 30 March 2007
Republic of Korea 30 March 2007
San Marino* 30 March 2007
Seychelles* 30 March 2007
Sierra Leone* 30 March 2007
Slovenia* 30 March 2007
South Africa* 30 March 2007
Spain* 30 March 2007
Sri Lanka 30 March 2007
Sudan 30 March 2007
Suriname 30 March 2007
Sweden* 30 March 2007
Syria 30 March 2007
Thailand 30 March 2007
Tunisia* 30 March 2007
Turkey 30 March 2007
Uganda* 30 March 2007
Uruguay 03 April 2007
United Kingdom 30 March 2007
United Republic of Tanzania 30 March 2007
Yemen 30 March 2007
European Community 30 March 2007
List of Ratifying States and Regional Integration Organizations
Total number of Ratifications: 1
* Denotes Ratification of both Convention and Optional Protocol
Jamaica (30 March 2007)
For more information visit http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/
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