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MR. STIG LANGVAD (DENMARK) ELECTED FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD)

Denmark’s candidate for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Mr. Stig Langvad, was elected on 1 September 2010 to sit on the Committee for a term of 4 years, from 1 January 2011 to 1 January 2014. Mr. Stig Langvad is currently Chairman of the Disabled Peoples Organisations Denmark and has an extensive record in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities.

CRPD-homepage: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx

Press release (in Danish):
http://www.sm.dk/Nyheder/Sider/Vis%20Nyhed.aspx?NewsItem=499

Image from the election of 12 new candidates to the CRPD on 1 September 2010. Denmarks candidate Mr. Stig Langvad was elected.

Image from the election of 12 new candidates to the CRPD on 1 September 2010. Denmarks candidate Mr. Stig Langvad was elected.

On the photo: Denmark's candidate Mr. Stig Langvad (right) was elected for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 1 September 2010.
© Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN / Mr. Marcus Carter.

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For further details, please contact:

Marcus Carter Mathiasen
E-mail: marmat@um.dk
Phone: 212 705 4926

Edited September 29, 2010