Dan Neville
Question:72 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland's position with regard to the support for the proposed UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities. [11161/03]
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72 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland's position with regard to the support for the proposed UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities. [11161/03]
The first meeting of the UN ad hoc committee to consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral international convention on protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities was held in New York from 29 July to 9 August 2002. The next meeting of the committee will be held from 16 to 27 June next in New York. Ireland believes that the guiding principle of any new legally binding international instrument in the area of disability should be to ensure that persons with disabilities can better enjoy their human rights. We consider that a new legally binding instrument should facilitate the implementation of existing rights in the specific situations faced by persons with disabilities.