The US has signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a treaty requiring that citizens with disabilities enjoy full equality under the law. Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett accompanied UN Ambassador Susan Rice to the signing ceremony.

Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett: “Last week, the President took a bold step forward for our country and announced that the United States would sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Now we fulfill his commitment, and the United States of America proudly joins the 141 other nations in signing this extraordinary convention.”

The convention is the first international human rights treaty signed by the United States in nearly a decade.