Organization of American States (OAS) [to 5 December 2015]
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Message from the OAS Secretary General on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3, 2015
Persons with disabilities represent 15 percent of the world´s population, but they face various kinds of discrimination on a daily basis in the spheres of work, health, education, political participation, access to justice, and physical and communicational accessibility, among other areas. This prevents their full and effective development on equal footing with the rest of society.

In the case of the 21 countries of the Americas that signed the Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CIADDIS), the moral obligation is added to their commitment to adopt the legislative, social, educational and work-related measures necessary to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities and promote their full integration into society.

At the OAS we work to ensure that all people have the same opportunities and the resources necessary to participate fully in the economic, social, political and cultural life of their community, and that is why the fight against exclusion is a priority within our hemispheric agenda…