A/RES/71/165
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities
document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals, 5 the outcome document of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, 6 the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted at the Third United
Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 7 the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 8 the
outcome document of the 2016 high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly on HIV
and AIDS, entitled “Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to
Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030”, 9 the
outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 10 the Charter on
Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, launched during the
first World Humanitarian Summit, and the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the
United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Developmen t
(Habitat III), 11 which contain references to the rights, participation, perspectives and
well-being of persons with disabilities in development efforts,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 12
which is inclusive of persons with disabilities and in which Member States pledged
to leave no one behind, and acknowledging that Member States, while implementing
the 2030 Agenda, should, inter alia, respect, protect and promote human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all, without discrimination of any kind,
Welcoming also the follow-up and review of progress in the implementation of
the Sustainable Development Goals by the high-level political forum on sustainable
development and the inclusion of persons with disabilities as stak eholders in its
work, as set out in resolution 67/290 of 9 July 2013,
Welcoming further the panel discussion organized by the President of the
General Assembly and held on 13 June 2016 to follow up on the status of and
progress made towards the realization of the development goals for persons with
disabilities in relation to the follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level
meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development
Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with
disabilities and to the principles of the Convention,
Recognizing that persons with disabilities make up an estimated 15 per cent of
the world’s population, or 1 billion people, of whom an estimated 80 per cent live in
developing countries, and that persons with disabilities are disproportionately
affected by poverty,
Gravely concerned that persons with disabilities, in particular women,
children, youth, persons with albinism, indigenous peoples and older persons,
continue to be subject to multiple, aggravated and intersecting forms of
discrimination, and noting that, while progress has already been made by
Governments, the international community and the United Nations system in
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Resolution 65/1.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
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Resolution 69/283, annex II.
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Resolution 69/313, annex.
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Resolution 70/266, annex.
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Resolution 69/2.
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Resolution 71/256, annex.
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Resolution 70/1.
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