India has signed the UN Convention to promote, protect and ensure full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities.
The Convention was signed by India's permanent representative to the UN, Nirupam Sen, in the UN General Assembly Friday along with representatives of 80 other countries.
Adopted by the General Assembly last year, the convention marks a major step toward changing the perception of disability and ensures that societies recognise that all people must be provided with the opportunities to lead a life to their fullest potential.
"India is committed to the elimination of specific barriers that persons with disabilities face. The constitution of India implicitly mandates an inclusive society for all, including persons with disabilities," the Indian mission here stated.
Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States and Russia have not yet signed the measure, but China, France and Britain did Friday. (IANS)
Friday, March 13, 2009
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Ekansh: Whole
Whole: Complete and healthy.
Vision Ekansh: To make the world less exclusive…and therefore more inclusive. We’ve largely denied ourselves the chance of encouraging and interacting with great minds and people with great abilities because we’ve been focusing on what they cannot do within preset parameters. It is time we opened our minds and hearts and let the truth enter. The truth is that all of us are disabled in one way or the other…some more and some less. And it is our solemn duty to respect and ensure that every human being must be given the chance we deserve at living a WHOLE life irrespective of our natural disabilities.
Mission Ekansh: Every child is perfect. Ask the mother. Every human being has a right to education and employment and equal status in society. Every child has the right, first and foremost, to the complete love and support of his/her family. Ekansh wants to ensure that families of special children/adults have a community on the internet where they can find aid, information and a place to find ways to encourage and stand by our special friends in their efforts to achieve their best.
This is where you can talk about your joys, fears, hopes, frustrations and aspirations openly and even anonymously with those who understand and empathize. This is where you can share your triumphs and tribulations, your rants and demands. Ekansh seeks to be your comfort Ezone. We also seek to provide a platform for our special friends and others to interact with specialists in every field of disability and to find information on Education, Vocation and even Matrimony…right here on EKANSH.
Imagine…a world without barriers. Where we all play, study, work and live as equals…where there has to be no FIGHT for our rights…for what is ours already.It is indeed time for a change…for our world to be whole again.
Welcome to EKANSH...to the WHOLE world.
Whole: Complete and healthy.
Vision Ekansh: To make the world less exclusive…and therefore more inclusive. We’ve largely denied ourselves the chance of encouraging and interacting with great minds and people with great abilities because we’ve been focusing on what they cannot do within preset parameters. It is time we opened our minds and hearts and let the truth enter. The truth is that all of us are disabled in one way or the other…some more and some less. And it is our solemn duty to respect and ensure that every human being must be given the chance we deserve at living a WHOLE life irrespective of our natural disabilities.
Mission Ekansh: Every child is perfect. Ask the mother. Every human being has a right to education and employment and equal status in society. Every child has the right, first and foremost, to the complete love and support of his/her family. Ekansh wants to ensure that families of special children/adults have a community on the internet where they can find aid, information and a place to find ways to encourage and stand by our special friends in their efforts to achieve their best.
This is where you can talk about your joys, fears, hopes, frustrations and aspirations openly and even anonymously with those who understand and empathize. This is where you can share your triumphs and tribulations, your rants and demands. Ekansh seeks to be your comfort Ezone. We also seek to provide a platform for our special friends and others to interact with specialists in every field of disability and to find information on Education, Vocation and even Matrimony…right here on EKANSH.
Imagine…a world without barriers. Where we all play, study, work and live as equals…where there has to be no FIGHT for our rights…for what is ours already.It is indeed time for a change…for our world to be whole again.
Welcome to EKANSH...to the WHOLE world.
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Visit us at: http://www.equipindia.org/
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INDIA, Phone: +91-836-425-8020
Visit us at: http://www.equipindia.org/
