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09:15, May 07, 2008 |
New Zealand Governor-General Anand Satyanand has accepted an international disability award on behalf of New Zealand at a ceremony attended by United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in New York, it was reported on Wednesday.
Satyanand accepted the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award and announced New Zealand would seek election to the UN Human Rights Council next year.
The award was given by the World Committee on Disability and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
It recognized New Zealand's effort to improve the rights and lives of people with disabilities.
New Zealand's Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson said this success owes much to the initiatives that have been introduced under the New Zealand Disability Strategy, which has been developed as a partnership between the Government and disabled people and their representatives.
Source:Xinhua
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