personal greeting with sign language from Markku of WFD

Basic Description: Warm Personal Greetings from the United Nations General Assembly Hall, May 12, 2008 -- Multi-stakeholder celebration of the CRPD: 'The Convention on The Rights of Persons With Disabilities'.

Genre: video/audio -- with streaming subtitles and language translations in contemplation.

Scene and greeting summary in text form: In the General Assembly Hall of The United Nations Headquarters in New York, Markku Jokinen, World Federation of the Deaf, greets everyone with sign language, pointing out that the CRPD is the first legally binding human rights instrument to include references to Sign :anguage. Markku closes his greeting by signing "Love". Cordially and eloquentky expressed with accustomed grace, polish and kind generosity (editorial augmentation by post-person).

(Also do visit the formal CRPD Celebration at:
http://www.un.org/webcast/2008.html ).

Present Contact: Dr. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff via respectful.interfaces@gmail.com .
Your comments and inquiries welcome.

Creative Commons license: for non-profit education, with attribution.
Copyr. 2008 Respectful Interfaces and Interviewees.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• interview
• sign language
• CRPD
• united Natina
• General
• Assembly
• Convention
• on
• Rights
• of
• Persons
• With
• Disabilities

[hamokiwi]

gosh, finnish sign lanugage interpret going into English -- nice!