United Nations
A/RES/56/115
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 January 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 108
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/572)]
56/115. Implementation of the World Programme of Action
concerning Disabled Persons: towards a society for all in
the twenty-first century
The General Assembly,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and
reaffirming the obligations contained in relevant human rights instruments,
including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women 1 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2
Recalling also its resolutions 37/52 of 3 December 1982, by which it adopted
the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 3 48/96 of
20 December 1993, by which it adopted the Standard Rules on the Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, 49/153 of 23 December 1994, 50/144 of
21 December 1995, 52/82 of 12 December 1997 and 54/121 of 17 December 1999,
Recalling further all of its relevant resolutions on the equalization of
opportunities for and the human rights of persons with disabilities, and those of the
Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted on 8 September
2000 by the heads of State and Government at the Millennium Summit of the United
Nations, 4 and recognizing the need to promote and protect all human rights and
fundamental freedoms of people with disabilities,
Noting with appreciation the actions of Governments to implement relevant
sections of the Standard Rules and of relevant resolutions that give special attention
to accessible environments and information and communications technologies,
health, education and social services, employment and sustainable livelihoods,
including the relevant activities of intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations,
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1
Resolution 34/180, annex.
Resolution 44/25, annex.
3
A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII, recommendation I (IV).
4
See resolution 55/2.
2
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