On 6 June 2008, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue six commemorative stamps in the denominations of US$ 0.42, US$ 0.94, CHF 1,00, CHF 1,80, ˆ 0,55 and ˆ 1,40 on the theme "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities".
The Convention was adopted on 13 December 2006 during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, by resolution 61/106. In accordance with its article 42, the Convention was opened for signature by all States and by regional integration organizations at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 30 March 2007.
The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to exercise their rights effectively and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced.
