Dear friends,
See below an article on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
which is today observed in all around the world. Its good to know some fact
about this day, that is every December 3rd which was launched by the World
Program of Action for Disabled Persons and was declared by the UN General
Assembly in the year 1982.
Hope you will find it useful and informative.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually observed on 3
December with an objective to promote an awareness of disability issues, the
fundamental rights of persons with disabilities and integration of persons with
disabilities in the main stream of each aspect of the social, political,
economic and cultural status of their communities. The day extends an
opportunity to initialize action to reach the target of full and equal pleasure
of human rights and contribution in society by disabled persons, launched by
the World Program of Action for Disabled Persons, declared by the UN General
Assembly in the year 1982.
History of United Nations and Disable Persons
Over the period of the United Nations' first 50 years, disable persons have
become importantly proactive in asserting empowerment and confidence in their
own respective abilities to lead self-dependent lives. The following precise
history represents efforts by the UN which have endorsed their efforts.
The foundation of The United Nations was based on the principle of equality for
all. The Preamble to the United Nations Charter states the elegance and worth
of every human being and provides elementary significance to the advocacy of
social justice. Disable Persons are entitled to all the fundamental human
rights declared by the Charter and their human rights instruments.
The General Assembly launched the foundation for the protection and promotion
of human rights in the year 1948, when it endorsed the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Article 25 of the Declaration proclaims that each person has "the
right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability,
widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his
control."
The Theme of 2009 "Empowering Persons with Disability with a Right to Act"
On 3rd of December, 2009, and throughout the week starting from this day,
people across the world joined together to recognize the persons with
disabilities expressing support, and enhancing awareness. This year was focused
on the right to act. People with disabilities should be assisted and supported
by other people of their own free sweet will in taking their decisions, was the
objective of this year.
The right to act is universally endorsed as a fundamental and basic human
right. Its implementation as a right to all individual seems so rudimentary
that we forget that for persons with disabilities, the right to work is not
always imperative. In terms of physical, institutional and attitudinal
barriers, disable persons are often refrained from their right to act.
Today, change is imperative!
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities had called upon all
states to revise the laws, practice and regulations in their respective country
in tune with the Convention on this particular day of recognition. It was a
call for the end of discrimination for all disabled persons and the endorsement
of the right to act, as a basic and fundamental virtue for every person all
over the world.
This day provides us with a chance to make a dedicated commitment to the
principles of entrusting powers to the disabled persons with the right to act.
Activities conducted on this day include:
Conducting days of discussion and campaigns raising awareness on the theme of
right to act.
* Ensuring that legislation ensured that the disabled people are provided
with the right to select helps on their own free will.
* Revising policy to enable all persons the capability to open and handle
bank accounts including disabled persons of any kind;
* Taking measures to extinguish the guardianship method and to replace it
by a process in which persons with disabilities are assisted only in their own
decision making.
* 1981, International Year of Disabled Persons
1981 was proclaimed The International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) by the
General Assembly in 1976. It launched a plan of action at the national,
international and regional levels, with an emphasis on similar opportunities,
rehabilitation and prevention of disabilities.
The theme of IYDP was "full participation and equality", designated as the
right of disable persons to participate entirely in the life and development of
their respective societies, enjoy good living conditions similar to those of
other people, and have an equal share in developed conditions after
socio-economic development.
Other objectives of the Year
Enhancing public awareness; knowledge and acceptance of disabled persons and
enabling persons with disabilities to build bodies through which they can
manifest their views and promote activities to improve their conditions.
Role of Handicap International
Since its inception, as long as 20 years, Handicap International has
transformed from being an emergency body with a medical emphasis on disabled
people, to an institution which promotes the human rights of disabled people.
The organization is working in collaboration with Disabled Peoples'
Organizations at regional, national and international levels to understand
disabled people worldwide and encourage their inclusion into the stream of
society. Handicap International assists organizations in developing countries
and Europe to incorporate the convention and other legal techniques in every
day life.
The Actual Facts and figures
The World Health Organization affirms that there are 600 million disabled
people living worldwide, about almost 10% of the entire earth population. It is
also evaluated that about 80% of these disabled people live in developing
nations.
Globally, it is assumed that one in every ten people is a person with a
disability and recent studies states that persons with disabilities populates
up to 20 per cent of the population living in under poverty line in developing
countries. Number of persons with disabilities still face barriers to their
participation in activities of their communities and are mostly compelled to
live under the poverty line. Many disabled persons are also forced into
organizations, a simple breach of the rights to freedom to live in their
respective communities
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