It reaffirms our conviction that people with disabilities can and should be full. contributing participants In society all across the globe. As chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation In Europe. I have seen the way International attention and concern can speed the promotion and protection of human rights. The CSCE process. by setting human rights standards and commitments for persons belonging to national minorities. migrant workers. Roma (Gypsies). and others who suffer persecution or discrimination. has helped focus both governmental and nongovernmental efforts on Improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. At the CSCE Moscow meeting In 1991. 1 advocated and achieved the establishment of CSCE commitments on the human rights of persons with disabilities.