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On December 13, 2006, the United Nations formally agreed on the convention on the
rights of persons with disability the first human rights treaty of the 21st century, to
protect and enhance the rights and opportunities of the world's estimated 650 million
disabled people. As of April 2011, 99 of the 147 signatories had ratified the Convention.
Countries that sign the convention are required to adopt national laws, and remove old
ones, so that persons with disabilities will,