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News Title:
France Ratify CRPD
Date Published:
24 February 2010
France has become the 80th country to ratify the CRPD, which means that the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will increase from 12 to 18 members in 2011.
The renovation of 6 of the CRPD Committee members (those whose term expires in 2010 can run one more term) and the election of the 6 new positions will happen at the Conference of States Parties that will take place in New York on September 1-3.
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