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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the Indian delegate, who participated in the 12th session of Conference of States Parties to the Convention to Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 2019 held in New York.
A
Raghvendra Singh
B
Pramod Kumar Misra
C
Shakuntala Doley Gamlin
D
Rashmi Verma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is the first international, legally binding instrument setting minimum standards for rights of people with disabilities, and the first human rights convention to which the EU has become a party.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon its 20th ratification.

Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.

Detailed explanation-4: -India signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and subsequently ratified the same on October 1, 2007.

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