Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 20 2002 — A9 Christopher Reeve presents FDR disability award at UN UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Christopher Reeve helped present Ecuador with die Franklin Delano Roosevelt international disability award Thursday at the United Nations where he called on ‘countries to adopt a conven- have been proud to present this award to Ecuador today and I do so in his name” Reeve said he was “inawe” of Ecuador’s accomplish- tion on disability rights ' The former actor who has regained some movement and sensation in his hands and feet seven years after a horse-ritag accident left him paralyzed from the neck down was joined by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt granddaughter of the former US president Roosevelt presented the award and a $50000 check to Ecuadorean President Gustavo Noboa for making equal opportunity for people with disabilities a top priority over the past 30 years “My grandfather proved the ability for a disabled person to positively benefit society” Roosevelt said “He would ments and wished the cash prize could have been target “I wish it could be 50 times that amount or more because you deserve it” he said “But I hope that you understand this token is in recognition of how grateful we are that even in the most difficult situation the world has ever faced that you are still working so hard to include our minority members of the disability community in your society” Reeve then called on mem- bers of the United Nations to adopt a UN convention on the rights of the disabled “The convention on the rights of people with disabilities would do so much to make sure that 10 percent of the world population that is so much in need is included in society as it should be so I hope that convention will be adopted” His comments drew a storm of applause from international diplomats who gave him a' standing ovation The “Superman'' star has made unexpected progress in the last year and can now breath on his own for about an hour at a time Reeve can move his right wrist the fingers on his left hand and his toes He can feel a pinprick on most parts of his body and can tell the difference between sharp and dull OnthaNct: - World Committee on Disability: httpVAvwwworidcommit-teeondisabilityor- g Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation: httpwwwparaly-sisor- g d- K ’S freedom met with PARIS (AP)— France’s government sought Thursday : to overturn a court ruling that freed Nazi-er- a collaborator Maurice Papon from prison for health reasons as dehate raged over the heart patient’s condition As Papon enjoyed his first ‘ full day of freedom Jewish groups and other critics protested the appeal court’s ruling that freed him Wednesday idler serving less than three sentence years of his Outside his home Jewish students read the names of the hundreds of Jews sent to Nazi death camps on orders signed by Papon who was of the Bordeaux region for die Vichy regime during WWIL In releasing Papon the court ' said doctors declared him bedridden and “practically completely lacking in mobility" But just four hours after die ruling Papon walked unassisted from Paris’ La Sante prison end climbed into a car that drove him to his police-guardhome east of Paris Historian and Nazi-huntSerge Klarsfeld who helped produce much of the evidence used at Papon’s 1998 trial and who opposed his release Said no doctor would have dared certify Papon fit for jail given his age “If he says that he’s in good health and he dies suddenly after a few days— because a man of 92 can die from one day to the next — then the doctor looks ridiCulous’Klarsfeld said in a telephone interview “I’m not convinced by this (medical) examination and the best proof of that is he came out on his own two legs” The Justice Ministry arguing " that Papon's release was traumatic forthe French public and Nazi-er- a victims said it was appealing to the Cour de Cassation France’s highest court to overturn the ruling that freed ' Casual Activewear & ' & Misses 10-ye- ar Petites Women's World X second-in-comma- Misses Petites Women’s World - 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