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Persons With Disabilities

Govt urged to implement UN Convention on their rights

Staff Correspondent
National Alliance of Disabled People's Organisations (NADPO) yesterday urged the government to implement fully the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities to ensure their rights as they are the most deprived people in the society.
At a press conference at the National Press Club in the city, the alliance leaders said the successive governments merely gave assurances rather than implementing the convention to ensure the rights of the people with disabilities.
"We are the citizens of the country. We cast our votes to elect the government. We have
the rights to enjoy all facilities like other people in the country. But why we the people with disabilities are linked only to social welfare ministry when there are separate ministries for others to address their different issues like education, health, employment and others," asked MA Sattar Dulal, president of NADPO, while addressing the conference.
“There is no facilities for people with disabilities to enter the markets, offices or other organisations," he said, adding, "Even the hospitals, courts, schools, colleges, press club, secretariat and the prime minister's office are constructed in such a way that we
can hardly enter there."
NADPO Secretary General Jahangir Alam in his keynote paper pointed out dial around 10 percent of country's total population are either physically or mentally challenged but no government took any effective steps to mainstream them.
"It is not possible for the country to move forward keeping aside such a huge number of people," he said, adding, the people with disabilities want to contribute to country's economic development instead of being a burden.
Shawkat Hossain Bhuiyan, senior vice chairman of NADPO, said the state is responsible for ensuring primary education for all. but
in (he cases of people with disabilities there is no such facilities to ensure their edu cation.
Another vice chairman of NADPO Saiful Islam said It is the duly of those who are running the country to ensure people's rights without any discrimination but it is a matter of regret that they are not sincere enough to implement the rights of the people with disabilities.
The NADI’O leaders also demanded 15 reserved seats in parliament and the allocation of at least one percent of national budget for the people with disabilities to involve them in the country's developmentactivities.