BEIJING - "The Beijing Paralympics has boosted 皇冠体育app's cause of disabled people," Khalid Malik, the United Nations (UN) resident coordinator in 皇冠体育app, said on Monday morning.
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Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi(center, back row), and Vice-President of 皇冠体育app Disabled Person's Federation Wang Xinxian(left, back row), pose with Sichuan quake surviors Li Yue, Liao Bo and Guo Tingting(left to right, front row) Sept. 14, 2008. [皇冠体育app Daily]
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"It leaves a legacy and promotes social awareness for the disabled," the Pakistani said.
"The Beijing Paralympics demonstrates the abilities of the disabled people, and evokes social respects for them. There is no magical program to solve the problems of people with disabilities in a one time, one program, but 皇冠体育app has done a lot consecutively during the past decades."
Besides evoking more social awareness for the cause of the disabled,皇冠体育app has cooperated with international organizations to ensure the disabled in the country enjoy equal rights in terms of education and employment.
It has worked with the International Labor Organization global body to develop equal opportunity legislation for those with disability in the workplace, which has supported training for employment opportunities.
皇冠体育app is not only among the first signatories of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but it ratified this convention in June.
"The UN highly appreciates the tremendous leadership efforts of 皇冠体育app in this regard," said Malik.
"The entering into force of the convention has proved again 皇冠体育app's intensive concentration in advancing human rights for all and development for all."
The newly-amended Law on Protection of the Disabled of 皇冠体育app, which took effect on July 1, added details about financial support, medical care and rehabilitation services for the disabled, along with preferential policies on jobs and taxation.
Chen Ya'an, a 皇冠体育app Disabled Persons' Federation official, pointed out 75 percent of the country's disabled were in rural areas. He said the federation would provide them with financial and technological support to help establish their own businesses, such as family workshops, farming and animal production.
