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You're watching UNICEF Television.

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Lennon Moreno Garces, the Vice President of Ecuador,

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shares his insights on the signing of the new United Nations Convention

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on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Until now, the rights of disabled people have been handled with a paternalistic attitude,

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granting rights to people with disabilities almost as gifts.

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But from today on, people with disabilities can exercise integrally

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their right to have freedom, independence, work, recreation, education, economic rights, etc.

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We ought to know that inside the already vulnerable group of people with disabilities,

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the most vulnerable are women and children.

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That is why it is important to give them special attention.

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All the efforts and resources that we invest in children

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is not only a contribution to society, it is also an investment for the future.