The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Lyazzat Kaltayeva, an expert and disability rights advocate from Kazakhstan, was elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on June 9. She became the first representative from Central Asia to serve on the body that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities… The post Kazakhstan Secures Seat on UN Disability Rights Commi...