INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

On 2024-12-10, Representative Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI) delivered a floor speech titled "INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES" in the House. The speech addressed foreign policy and also covered Israel.

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 183 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024)] [House] [Pages H6547-H6548] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge International Human Rights Day, observed annually on December 10, to commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This landmark document was signed by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, with contributions of representatives from all regions with different legal and cultural backgrounds to create a universal structure and standard of fundamental human rights. [[Page H6548]] This year's theme, ``Our Rights, Our Future, Our Now,'' is a call to address the formidable year of human rights suppression, wartime atrocities, and transactional democracy, including renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas, the ongoing crisis in Haiti, and backsliding democracies in the Sahel region of Africa. Millions worldwide face violations of their basic rights, and the very system we rely upon is under threat. Today, and every day, let us renew our commitment to the universal protection of human rights where all people are entitled to live with dignity, respect, and equality. ____________________