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The United Nations Enable Newsletter: November 2012
The United Nations Enable Newsletter is prepared by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DSPD/DESA) with input from UN offices, agencies, funds and programmes, as well as from civil society organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities. It is also available online at: www.un.org/disabilities.
In this issue:
- Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- Highlights from the UN system
- Upcoming events
STATUS OF THE CRPD
126 ratifications and 154 signatories to the CRPD 76 ratifications and 90 signatories to its Optional Protocol (OP)
Afghanistan acceded to the CRPD and its OP on 18 September 2012 Malta ratified the CRPD and its OP on 10 October 2012
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