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I hope you will all take a moment to show your support, by signing this
petition.
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> [Original Message]
> From: Maria Veronica Reina <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2/11/2006 5:33:33 AM
> Subject: [berkeley-disabled] Initiative on the International Disability
Treaty
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> Apologies for any cross postings.
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> Dear Friend
> Please, help me to support this initiative
> Maria Veronica
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> Message: Over five hundred million people, nearly 10 percent of the
> world's population, have a disability.
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> Every day, millions of people with disabilities are subjected to
> inhumane and degrading treatment, including forced
> institutionalization and physical abuse.
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> Existing legal protections are not sufficient to safeguard the rights
> of people with disabilities, especially in developing countries where
> approximately two thirds of people with disabilities live.
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> Even in the few countries that have passed comprehensive disability
> legislation, people with disabilities still face mistreatment,
> discrimination and barriers to access and inclusion in employment,
> housing, education, transportation, emergency assistance and other
> services.
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> It's time for change.
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> The United Nations (UN) is currently negotiating a treaty, known as
> the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to ensure
> that human rights standards are extended to people with disabilities.
> Please follow the link below to add your name to an online petition
> urging government leaders around the world to ratify a strong
> Convention.
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> http://www.conventionyes.org/content.cfm?ID=585C76&iu=5B5D777A544B
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> Thank you for helping to advance the ongoing struggle for universal
> human rights.
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