Jalal Talabani
Talabani Receives The Iraqi Alliance of Disabilities Organizations
On October 4th, the President of the Republic of Iraq, Jalal Talabani received in his office in Baghdad, a large delegation of people with disabilities and Moaffak al-Khafaji, Head of the Iraqi Alliance of Disabilities Organizations (IADO). Mr Al-Khafaji reiterated the priorities for PWDs in Iraq, and more precisely the necessity to ratify the International Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the creation of a national committee for the disabled.
Fourth Conference for the Ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
BAGHDAD - 09/22/2010
The Iraqi Alliance for Disability Organizations (IADO) organized, in cooperation with Mercy Corps International, the fourth conference for the ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ICRPD) and for the establishment of a National Authority for Disabled in Iraq.