UN Landmark Convention of Rights of Disabled People——Interview with Zhang Guozhong of the China Federation for Disabled Persons

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2007-03-13
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The61stUNGeneralAssemblyadoptedtheConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilitiesinNewYorkCityonDecember13,2006.Thisisthefirstlegallybindinginternationalconventionontheprotectionoftherightsofdisabledpersons,thefirstofitskindinthehistoryoftheUnitedNations.Itisalsothelatesteffortsoftheinternationalcommunitytoprotectandpromotehumanrightsanddevelopmentofpersonswithdisabilities.OnMarch30,2007,ChinasignedtheConvention.ThefollowingisaninterviewwithMr.ZhangGuozhongoftheInternationalDepartmentoftheChinaFederationforDisabledPersons,whowitnessedthewholeprocessofthenegotiationsontheConvention: