European Parliament
Alavanos (GUE/NGL ),
in writing
(EL)
UN resolution 56/168 lays down equal opportunities in order to provide a binding framework for the protection and dignity of the disabled. That is why it is important:
- for there to be an effective monitoring mechanism, as with the other six conventions on human rights in the USA,
- for the convention to be based on promoting the various rights of the disabled, as stated in the Lynne report,
- for provision to be made for the participation of the disabled themselves and the organisations that represent them in setting up national and international bodies, always bearing in mind, of course, that bureaucratic distortions need to be addressed,
- for discrimination to be abolished,
- for there to be an urgent timetable for a Community directive.

