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Date: 17 Jul 2013 14:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN FORUM AIMS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT, LIVING STANDARDS FOR
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UN FORUM AIMS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT, LIVING STANDARDS FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIESNew York, Jul 17 2013 2:00PMMember States kicked off a
three-day meeting at the United Nations in New York today with the aim
of finding ways to improve living standards and employment for the
more than one billion people worldwide living with disabilities.
About 80 per cent of the people with disabilities are of working age
and face physical, social, economic and cultural challenge to their
access to education, skills development and employment, according to
the UN.
A background paper prepared by Secretariat for the sixth session of
the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, which runs until 19 July, states that
persons with disability face a greater risk of living in poverty than
persons without disabilities in both developed and developing
countries.
A pilot study led by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) in
10 low- and middle-income developing countries shows that the
exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market resulted
in an estimated loss of 3 to 7 per cent of gross domestic product.
"It has now become clear around the world that the fundamental human
rights of people cannot in any way, shape or form be violated and it
is imperative that we reach out and make the world a much more
inclusive place to live in," said Ambassador Macharia Kamau of Kenya,
President of the Conference of States Parties.
"Inclusiveness means that, when it comes to issues of persons with
disabilities, that we have to do everything within our power to ensure
that their lives have the same opportunities for success as everyone
else's lives," he told a news conference held on the margins of the
meeting.
"If the world is to achieve its full potential, if our societies are
to maximize their full capabilities, it is imperative that they reach
out to everyone in society."
The Conference of States Parties -- the largest international meeting
on disability issues -- is held each year to exchange experience and
ideas for implementation of the Convention, which was adopted in
December 2006 and entered into force in 2008.
The treaty obliges States parties to ensure that persons with
disabilities enjoy all human rights on an equal basis with others and
to take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the realization of
those rights without discrimination.
It asserts the rights to education, health, work, adequate living
conditions, freedom of movement, freedom from exploitation and equal
recognition before the law for persons with disabilities.
While noting the fast growing number of States that have joined the
Convention, as well as its Optional Protocol -- which establishes two
procedures aimed at strengthening the treaty's implementation and
monitoring, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan
Šimonović said ratification alone is not enough.
"The obligations of the Convention must be implemented at the national
level to take real effect in the lives of persons with disabilities.
Changes in law, policies and programmes are required. But even more
importantly, attitudes must change," he said at the opening of the
conference.
The right to an adequate standard of living is closely linked to the
right to work, added Mr. Šimonović. "The only way to secure a
sustained adequate standard of living is ensuring that persons with
disabilities can live independently in their societies, providing for
themselves and their families by having access to the labour market on
an equal basis with others."
This week's meeting takes place two months before the UN General
Assembly convenes a High-level Meeting on Disability and Development
on 23 September, under the theme "The way forward: a disability
inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond."
Jul 17 2013 2:00PM
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