Remarks by Judith Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights the United States Delegation, at Round Table 2: CRPD Article 24 - Inclusion and the Right to Education Third Conference of States United Nations, New York
September 02, 2010
September 02, 2010
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks by Judith Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights:
The United States reiterates its great pleasure to attend this Third Conference of States Parties, and is highly appreciative that our Round Table today is focused on Inclusion and the Right to Education. To quote a nineteenth century American educator, "Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing arm . . .
The United States reiterates its great pleasure to attend this Third Conference of States Parties, and is highly appreciative that our Round Table today is focused on Inclusion and the Right to Education. To quote a nineteenth century American educator, "Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing arm . . .