(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
United Nations, Ramadan 21, 1438, June 16, 2017, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has affirmed its seeking for integrating the rights of persons with disabilities into its national plans in line with the Kingdom's vision of sustainable development 2030 and addressing all difficulties confronting them.
This came in the Kingdom's speech at the general debate of the high-level meeting at the United Nations Organization Headquarters on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities delivered last night by Second Secretary of the Kingdom's permanent delegation to the Organization Mohammed Al-Qadhi.
Al-Qadhi said that the Kingdom's interest in the rights of persons with disabilities emanates from its obligations to provide all services and programs needed by this group of people, noting that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joined the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol in 2008 in order to integrate this important group of the society into its national plans.
--SPA
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