Bhutan ratifies disabilities convention
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On behalf of the Royal Government of Bhutan, Phuntsho Norbu, Chargé d’affaires, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations in New York, the USA, during the deposit ceremony on 13 March 2024, handed over the original Instrument of Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to David Nanopoulos, Chief of the Treaty Section, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations.
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