03-16-2006, 06:04 PM
I quite agree with your suggestions, thanks...
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Quote: Sign Language Recognition
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Description:
REALIZING that not all people are able to communicate via spoken language due to partial or total loss of hearing and/or muteness;
NOTING with regret that people hard of hearing and/or mute are not yet protected and/or supported in their efforts to live within the hearing community throughout the international community;
NOTING further that, whereas some people hard of hearing may master or have mastered spoken language before or after the onset of their hearing impairment, not all can do so or only with most severe difficulty, especially when they have prelingual deafness;
The NS UN
1. RECOGNIZES the following rights for people hard of hearing and/or mute:
a. Citizens shall be able to communicate with the government of a country in which they hold citizenship through the most efficient way of expressing their thoughts, needs and ideas;
b. Deaf, hearing impaired or mute citizens shall be taught a sign language if they desire so, and be taught so from infancy if they have congenital deafness, severe hearing impairment or muteness;
2. MANDATES that each UN member state recognizes at least one national sign language in which people hard of hearing and/or mute may communicate officially;
3. MANDATES subsequently that each UN member state
a. Ensures that adequate facilities and personnel are provided for deaf, hearing impaired and mute students;
b. Ensures that adequately instructed personnel is available to provide translation for deaf, hearing impaired and mute people when dealing with government authorities
4. CONDEMNS and FORBIDS any discrimination of people hard of hearing and/or mute due to their condition unless hearing and speaking are imperative prerequisites for a job, etc.
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Quote: I like where this is going. [/quote]
Thanks
Changes are bold:
Quote: Sign Language Recognition
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Description:
REALIZING that not all people are able to communicate via spoken language due to partial or total loss of hearing and/or muteness;
NOTING with regret that people hard of hearing and/or mute are not yet protected and/or supported in their efforts to live within the hearing community throughout the international community;
NOTING further that, whereas some people hard of hearing may master or have mastered spoken language before or after the onset of their hearing impairment, not all can do so or only with most severe difficulty, especially when they have prelingual deafness;
The NS UN
1. RECOGNIZES the following rights for people hard of hearing and/or mute:
a. Citizens shall be able to communicate with the government of a country in which they hold citizenship through the most efficient way of expressing their thoughts, needs and ideas;
b. Deaf, hearing impaired or mute citizens shall be taught a sign language if they desire so, and be taught so from infancy if they have congenital deafness, severe hearing impairment or muteness;
2. MANDATES that each UN member state recognizes at least one national sign language in which people hard of hearing and/or mute may communicate officially;
3. MANDATES subsequently that each UN member state
a. Ensures that adequate facilities and personnel are provided for deaf, hearing impaired and mute students;
b. Ensures that adequately instructed personnel is available to provide translation for deaf, hearing impaired and mute people when dealing with government authorities
4. CONDEMNS and FORBIDS any discrimination of people hard of hearing and/or mute due to their condition unless hearing and speaking are imperative prerequisites for a job, etc.
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Quote: I like where this is going. [/quote]
Thanks