<P> Mexico initiated negotiations, with active support from GRULAC (the Latin American regional group). When support for a Convention was foundering in 2002 due to WEOG opposition, New Zealand played a pivotal role in achieving cross-regional momentum . Acting as facilitator from 2002--03, New Zealand eventually assumed the formal role of Chair of Ad Hoc Committee and led negotiations to a consensus agreement in August 2006, working closely with other Bureau members Jordan, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, and South Africa, as well as Korea and Mexico . The Convention became one of the most quickly supported human rights instruments in history, with strong support from all regional groups . 160 States have signed the Convention upon its opening in 2007 and 126 States ratified the Convention within its first five years . In recognition of its role in creating the Convention, as well as the quality of New Zealand's landmark national Disability Strategy, Governor - General of New Zealand Anand Satyanand received the 2008 World Disability Award on behalf of the nation . </P> <P> As of 2015, for the first time in its history, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened an investigation into a signatory state for breaching their convention obligations . The investigation was triggered by article 6 of the optional protocol, which provides that an investigation will be carried out once the Committee receives "reliable information indicating grave and systematic violation" of the human rights of persons with disabilities . The government of the United Kingdom is being investigated, with the final report currently due to be released in 2017 . </P> <P> The Convention follows the civil law tradition, with a preamble, in which the principle that "all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated" of Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action is cited, followed by 50 articles . Unlike many UN covenants and conventions, it is not formally divided into parts . </P> <P> Article 1 defines the purpose of the Convention: </P>

Universal declaration on the rights of persons with disabilities