UN agrees landmark draft to protect disabled

Racing against a deadline, negotiators completed the draft of the first United Nations convention to protect the rights of the world’s disabled people early today.

UN agrees landmark draft to protect disabled

Racing against a deadline, negotiators completed the draft of the first United Nations convention to protect the rights of the world’s disabled people early today.

Completing negotiations that began five years ago, a UN General Assembly committee had to navigate through a handful of obstacles, including a disputed reference to “foreign occupation” that was an apparent jab at Israel.

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