Information possessed by people with disabilities in the Federal District on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Resumen

In order to achieve improved and more lasting development, which are at the core of the objective for the development of the Millennium for 2015 and beyond, we must free those people who live with disabilities and abolish the obstacles which deny them the possibilities of participating in their communities, receiving quality education, finding dignified jobs and making their voices heard.
Therefore, the World Health Organization and the World Bank have jointly produced information on disabilities which provide data destined to the creation of innovative policies and programs for improving the lives of people with disabilities and to facilitate the application of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which entered into effect in May 2008.
This historical international agreement reinforced our conviction that disabilities are a priority in matters of human rights and development.