Photos by Nehnam Sahvi, ISNA
Payvand.com - December 3, 2009 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In
honor of this day, the first monument for the disabled has been installed in
Mellat Park in Tehran. The monument was officially unveiled on November 29 in
the presence of the designer Dariush Mokhtari, the officials of the Welfare
organization, and several disabled people.
The famous poem of Iranian poet Sadi is also
inscribed on the monument:
All Adam's race are members of one frame;
Since all, at first, from the same essence
came.
When by hard fortune one limb is oppressed,
The other members lose their wonted rest:
If thou feel'st not for others' misery,
A son of Adam is no name for thee.
From Saadi's
The Gulistan (The Rose Garden) translated by Edward B. Eastwick
International Day
of Persons with Disabilities: The annual observance of the International
Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, aims to promote an understanding
of disability issues, the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be
derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of the
political, social, economic and cultural life of their communities. The Day
provides an opportunity to mobilize action to achieve the goal of full and equal
enjoyment of human rights and participation in society by persons with
disabilities, established by the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled
Persons, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1982.
The slogan of the December 3rd is: "enablement
of the disabled and the society"
... Payvand News - 11/30/09 ... --
