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Also requests the Secretary-General to implement progressively
standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United
Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention, in
particular when undertaking renovations;
Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites
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intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to undertake efforts to
disseminate information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol and to
promote their understanding;
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
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sixty-second session a report on the status of the Convention and the Optional
Protocol and the implementation of the present resolution, under a sub-item entitled
“Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”.
76th plenary meeting
13 December 2006
Annex I
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Preamble
The States Parties to the present Convention,
(a) Recalling the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations
which recognize the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights
of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace
in the world,
(b) Recognizing that the United Nations, in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, has proclaimed
and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein,
without distinction of any kind,
(c) Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and
interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for
persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without
discrimination,
(d) Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families,
(e) Recognizing that disability is an evolving concept and that disability
results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and
environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society
on an equal basis with others,
(f) Recognizing the importance of the principles and policy guidelines
contained in the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and in
the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
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