The Next Great Hiring Frontier - The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Persons with Disabilities Conclude Vocational Training Program; To Seek Employment in Open Labour Market. Wednesday, August 17, 2005 I thought my arm would grow back - Zuercher Oberlaender (Switzerland) Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Amputee heading back to battlefield - Rocky Mountain News Tuesday, February 15, 2005 Ending Poverty Means Empowering the Disabled - Inter Press Service Wednesday, February 9, 2005 U.N. Committee Negotiating Treaty on Persons with Disabilities Concludes Fifth Session - U.N. News Service Sunday, February 6, 2005 Committee Negotiating Treaty on Persons with Disabilities Discusses Individual Rights, Freedoms - UN News Service Tuesday, February 1, 2005 Committee Negotiating Treaty on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Fifth Session at the UN Headquarters - UN News Service Friday, January 28, 2005 Nairobi Summit: A Springboard for Action Toward a Mine-Free World - International Campaign to Ban Landmines Friday, December 3, 2004 Nairobi Summit President-Designate Joins Call to Assist Landmine Survivors: Progress Has Been Made But Much More Must Be Done - ICBL Thursday, December 2, 2004 Thailand urges global landmine fund at first review of international treaty - Canadian Press Tuesday, November 30, 2004 Angolan landmine victim savours stardom - Reuters Monday, November 29, 2004 US actor-activist Glover blasts US for failure to sign landmine treaty - Agence France Presse Monday, November 29, 2004 U.S. to Skip Nairobi Conference on Land Mines - Washington Post Saturday, November 27, 2004 Landmine Survivors Network Enters Unique Partnership with ResCare Friday, October 22, 2004 LSN Partners with Rescare in Job Training Initiative in Jordan - The Courier Journal Friday, October 15, 2004 LSN Board Chair Gives Speech at Paralympics in Athens Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Step by step, Cambodian athletes recover - International Herald Tribune Monday, September 27, 2004 War survivors relish Paralympic games - Sports Illustrated Monday, September 27, 2004 Boy With Disability Banned From Playground - Associated Press Wednesday, September 22, 2004 Afghanistan's Mareena, a paralympic "champion" at 14 despite losing - Agence France Presse Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Leaders speak up at symposium on disability rights - Xinhua News Agency Saturday, September 18, 2004 In Athens, the other Olympics - Christian Science Monitor Friday, September 17, 2004 Press Release: Landmine Survivors Compete in Paralympics Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Disabled Peruvian traverses U.S. coast - Cox News Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Committee negotiating treaty on rights of persons with disabilities concludes two-week headquarters session - M2 Presswire Monday, September 6, 2004 Landmines Survivor Advocates Strong and Binding UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities Friday, August 27, 2004 UN mulls treaty on rights of disabled - Agence France Press Tuesday, August 24, 2004 CIR Presents UN with Landmark Report On Human Rights of People with Disabilities - Business Wire Tuesday, August 24, 2004 U.N. panel pushes along disabled rights treaty - Reuters Sunday, August 22, 2004 Committee on Disability Convention to Meet at UN Headquarters, 23 August - 3 September Thursday, August 19, 2004 Anti-Landmine Drive to Gain Boost At Upcoming Nairobi Summit -UN News Service Wednesday, August 4, 2004 Landmine Survivors Campaign for UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Thursday, June 10, 2004 UN pact to protect disabled rights makes progress-Reuters Friday, June 4, 2004 A Treaty Seeks To Break New Ground In Ensuring Equality - UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Drafting UN Treaty On Rights Of Disabled Requires 'New Approach' - Panel Chair - UN News Service Tuesday, May 25, 2004 UN Committee Drafting Treaty to Protect Persons with Disabilities to Open Session- U.N. News Service Wednesday, May 19, 2004 Court: Disabled People Can Sue States - Associated Press Monday, May 17, 2004 Nick's Crusade Pays Off; Advocate Vow's To Continue Struggle For Others - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 High Court Rules Against Wells; Further Narrows ADA - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Legal Groups Ask For Advocates To Act On ADA Case - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Trinidad Activists Score Victory With 15-Week Protest - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Appeals Court Rules With Governor Bush And Schindlers On Key Decisions - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Blagojevich Bucking All To Get Institution Reopened - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Sidney Miller "Wrongful Life" Case Overturned By State Supreme Court - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Executions Of Convicts With Mental Retardation Are "Cruel And Unusual" Punishment, High Court Rules - Inclusion Daily Express Monday, April 5, 2004 Europe's disability year in review - BBC News Online Monday, April 5, 2004 Job Opportunities Remain a Huge Hurdle for Survivors Wednesday, March 3, 2004 Fairer treatment of the disabled Friday, February 20, 2004 UN Working Group Drafts Text of International Disability Convention Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Drafting Conference on the Rights of the Disabled concludes Friday, January 16, 2004 Blind Scholar to Attend Forum Thursday, January 15, 2004 UN Campaign for Disabled Thursday, January 15, 2004 Al Rai Arabic Daily Newspaper, Jordan Developing Arab Perspective on UN Convention for People With Disabilities Tuesday, December 23, 2003 U.N. Report Gives Mexico a Plan to Remedy Rights Lapses Tuesday, December 9, 2003 Human Rights and Disability Rights Experts meet in Amman Wednesday, October 22, 2003 LSN Saddened by Death of Sergio Vieira de Mello Wednesday, August 20, 2003 LSN-Jordan Director to be Mid-East Delegate to Draft UN Human Rights Treaty Friday, June 27, 2003 Associated Press: Delegates move a step closer to convention on disability rights Thursday, June 26, 2003 Rueters News Story: UN laying plan for rights treaty for persons with disabilities Monday, June 23, 2003 Reuters News Story: U.S. rules out signing U.N. disabled rights treaty Monday, June 23, 2003 ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome: New York, JUNE 22, 2003, "Vatican Representative Addresses Committee on Rights" Monday, June 23, 2003 UN committee begins session on treaty for persons with disabilities Monday, June 16, 2003 Survivors Participate in UN Meetings for Rights Convention Monday, June 16, 2003 Concern over Irish stance on convention for disabled Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Poor, Disabled and Shut Out Wednesday, December 18, 2002 Her Majesty Queen Noor Keynote Address at World Bank Conference: Disability and Development Sunday, December 8, 2002 Jerry White Speech Introducing Her Majesty Queen Noor at World Bank Conference Sunday, December 8, 2002 Message of the High Commissioner on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2002 Friday, December 6, 2002 Her Majesty Queen Noor Delivers Keynote Address at World Bank Conference: Disability and Development Thursday, December 5, 2002 Statement of the High Commissioner on the Rights of Disabled Persons Tuesday, December 3, 2002 Secretary-General, in Message for International Day, Stresses Need to Fight 'Exclusion' of People With Disabilities. 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