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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The rights and dignity of disabled people2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030902.11.2-288"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-02-Speech-2-2892
lpv:speaker	lp:Carmen Cerdeira Morterero2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will begin by saying that I fully agree with the report by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs produced by Mrs Lynne and that, furthermore, I agree with what the Commissioner has just said, wishing everybody the best of luck – Parliament and the Commission itself – with the objectives we have set, because they will undoubtedly have an effect on the well-being of thousands and thousands of citizens. All the Member States agree that it is necessary to integrate disability into the procedures used by the organs monitoring the Treaties, either in the form of a protocol attached to one of the existing Treaties on human rights or as an instrument containing general principles, leaving open the possibility of subsequently adding implementing protocols. I believe, however, that we will only be able to achieve the desired objectives by means of a legally binding convention which includes civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights suited to the circumstances of disabled people. An agreement of a binding nature will demonstrate that disabled people face in their daily lives – as we all know – serious generalised problems which relate both to access difficulties and to bureaucracy and the attitudes of their co-citizens. Its objective is not to create new laws but to clarify and adapt the existing ones. The creation of a specific convention will be the only way to provide an effective monitoring mechanism for analysing the treatment received by disabled people throughout the world. The convention will prioritise the rights of disabled people within the agendas of governments. Its approval must mark the beginning of an effective and specific process aimed at guaranteeing the full and equitable integration of disabled people throughout the world. This means that the problems of these people will be taken into account in the political decision-making processes at regional, national and international levels. The European Union should also guarantee that organisations of disabled people are represented and act as advisers throughout the process and not just at the final moment. I would just like to insist on certain points which are important, although other Members have mentioned them, and which we in Parliament and in the Group of the Party of European Socialists have been advocating: the existence, in many cases, of multiple discrimination – as a disabled woman or a disabled immigrant – eliminating legal barriers in order to eliminate physical barriers, education – which is very important – in values, which includes non-discrimination against disability in schools."@en1

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