{"id":19195,"date":"2016-05-30T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eud.eu\/?p=19195"},"modified":"2022-07-25T21:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:44:33","slug":"a-special-message-from-eud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eud.eu\/et\/a-special-message-from-eud\/","title":{"rendered":"Eriline s\u00f5num ELD-lt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions during the last EUD board meeting in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, took a slightly competitive turn\u2026 So many achievements with regards to UNCRPD ratifications and sign language recognition in EU member states \u2013 and each board member wanted to point out what their and other EU countries had done:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/168007130?h=4d05835bef&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cFinland just ratified the UNCRPD convention!\u201d exclaimed Finnish EUD president Markku Jokinen. Of course, congratulations were in order, but Hungarian board member Gergely Tapolczai could not help but point out that \u201cHungary already ratified it in 2007, as the first European country!\u201d Humberto Insolera from Italy mentioned the work of ENS (The Association of the Italian Deaf) and Ida Collu, its president at that time, who went to New York and signed the ratification on behalf of Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Also regarding sign language recognition, a lot has been achieved, as EUD executive director Mark Wheatley explained: \u201cThe Maltese deaf community fought hard for it and now Malta just officially recognised Maltese sign language!\u201d And Swedish board member Louise \u201cLolo\u201d Danielsson mentioned that Sweden just hosted the Eurovision and it was broadcast in International Sign on television!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;At that moment, Dennis Hoogeveen, the unofficial Dutch observer who had been peeking through door could not stay quiet anymore: \u201cThe Dutch deaf community also fought really hard for the UNCRPD ratification and now the Parliament has paved the way for it!\u201d \u201cBut the king still needs to officially sign it in New York!\u201d replied Alfredo G\u00f3mez Fern\u00e1ndez from Spain. 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