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Disabled need rights enforced, not just help, says UN panel's new recruit
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 23/09/2012
» A blind senator, Monthian Buntan, also the former president of the Thailand Association of the Blind, has been elected as one of the nine members of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from 2013 to 2016. The senator talks about his mission and the benefits Thailand will get from having him sitting on the committee.
Govt backs Monthian for UN
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 03/08/2012
» The Foreign Ministry has nominated blind senator Monthian Buntan as Thailand's candidate to become a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the term 2013-2016.