Brussels, 02/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, the Council has given the go-ahead to the European Community's becoming a party to the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which guarantees that the disabled enjoy the same human rights and fundamental liberties as the rest of society. The Convention is the first international, legally binding instrument establishing minimum standards for the protection...