United Nations
A/RES/61/106
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 January 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 67 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2006
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/611)]
61/106. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 56/168 of 19 December 2001, by which it decided to
establish an Ad Hoc Committee, open to the participation of all Member States and
observers to the United Nations, to consider proposals for a comprehensive and
integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of
persons with disabilities, based on a holistic approach in the work done in the fields
of social development, human rights and non-discrimination and taking into account
the recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission for
Social Development,
Recalling also its previous relevant resolutions, the most recent of which was
resolution 60/232 of 23 December 2005, as well as relevant resolutions of the
Commission for Social Development and the Commission on Human Rights,
Welcoming the valuable contributions made by intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions to the work
of the Ad Hoc Committee,
Expresses its appreciation to the Ad Hoc Committee for having
1.
concluded the elaboration of the draft Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the draft Optional Protocol to the Convention;
Adopts the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the
2.
Optional Protocol to the Convention annexed to the present resolution, which shall
be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York as of 30 March
2007;
Calls upon States to consider signing and ratifying the Convention and
3.
the Optional Protocol as a matter of priority, and expresses the hope that they will
enter into force at an early date;
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the staff and facilities
4.
necessary for the effective performance of the functions of the Conference of States
Parties and the Committee under the Convention and the Optional Protocol after the
entry into force of the Convention, as well as for the dissemination of information
on the Convention and the Optional Protocol;
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