His delegation attached great importance to the process begun at Durban and to the decision to elaborate an international convention on protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities as an early stage of a process that should lead to the development of norms applicable to some 600 million people throughout the world, 80 per cent of them in developing countries.
Il s'agit là de l'une des premières étapes d'un processus qui facilitera l'adoption de règles applicables à quelque 600 millions de personnes, dont 80 % vivent dans des pays en développement.