A/HRC/RES/16/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 April 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Sixteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
16/15
Role of international cooperation in support of national
efforts for the realization of the rights of persons with
disabilities
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of
all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be
guaranteed the full enjoyment of their rights and freedoms without discrimination,
Reaffirming also Human Rights Council resolutions 7/9 of 27 March 2008, 10/7 of
26 March 2009 and 13/11 of 25 March 2010, and welcoming the efforts of all stakeholders
to implement those resolutions,
Recalling the recognition by States parties to the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities of the importance of international cooperation and its promotion,
in support of national efforts for the realization of the purpose and objectives of the
Convention, and that such measures are without prejudice to the obligation of each State
party to fulfil their obligations under the Convention,
Recalling also the recognition of the importance of international cooperation for
improving the living conditions of persons with disabilities in every country, particularly in
developing countries, and highlighting the fact that the majority of persons with disabilities
live in conditions of poverty and, in this regard, recognizing the critical need to address the
negative impact of poverty on persons with disabilities,
* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.
GE.11-12713