In July 2009, we rated President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a Promise Kept. Susan Rice, Obama's ambassador to the United Nations, signed the convention at U.N. headquarters in New York on July 30, 2009.

The convention, which you can read here, "asserts the rights to education, health, work, adequate living conditions, freedom of movement, freedom from exploitation and equal recognition before the law for persons with disabilities," according to a statement from the United Nations.

Obama also promised, however, that he would urge the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention "expeditiously." Under the Constitution, the executive branch can negotiate treaties, but it ultimately needs consent of the Senate.

We haven't heard much about the Convention since the United States became a signatory, so we wanted to see whether Obama made good on the second part of the promise.

We checked the Senate website, and found no record of the Convention having been approved or even submitted for consideration. We also went through President Obama's speeches and other White House statements. Obama called on the Senate to give the Convention "swift consideration and approval" on July 24, 2009, but we couldn't find evidence that he has done so since.

Andrew Imparato, president of the American Association of People with Disabilities, told us that the document is currently in the midst of a clearing process by the Department of State, Department of Justice, and other relevant government agencies. Still, he added that he did not think that "it would take this long." From his understanding of the latest developments, the Convention will not be ready for submission to the Senate until after the upcoming November elections, he said.

Finally, William Freeman, president of the American Disability Association, told us that "knowing what we do know, there is no plausible manner in which the U.S. can comply with this treaty given the current other issues," such as the economy. He also added that the organization does not "expect the Senate to ratify this treaty until such time as it believes the U.S. can shoulder a minimally-compliant effort in regards to such a treaty." He said he regretted that he "cannot offer a more promising view of what we had thought was a promising new wind in the Obama government."

Obama promised to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to urge the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention expeditiously. The United States has been an official signatory on the Convention since June 2009. Still, as far as we can tell, there has been no substantive movement on the second part of the promise except for internal discussions within federal agencies. Since advocates for the disabled don't expect action anytime soon, we're changing the rating to Stalled.