A/RES/58/246
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Welcomes the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and
Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and
Dignity of Persons with Disabilities; 1
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Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the report of the Ad Hoc
Committee to the Commission for Social Development at its forty-second session
and to the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session, and further requests
both Commissions to continue to contribute to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee;
Endorses the decision of the Ad Hoc Committee to establish a Working
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Group with the aim of preparing and presenting a draft text, which would be the
basis for negotiations on the draft convention in the Ad Hoc Committee, taking into
account all contributions; 2
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Notes that the Working Group will present the outcome of its work on a
draft text to the Ad Hoc Committee at the third session of the Committee;
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Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall start the negotiations on a draft
convention at its third session;
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Decides also that the Ad Hoc Committee shall hold, within existing
resources, two sessions in 2004 of ten working days each, prior to the fifty-ninth
session of the General Assembly;
Underlines the importance of strengthening the cooperation and
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coordination between the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat
in order to support jointly the work of the Ad Hoc Committee;
Urges that further efforts be made to ensure the active participation of
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non-governmental organizations in the Ad Hoc Committee, in accordance with
General Assembly resolution 56/510 of 23 July 2002 and based on the decision of
the Ad Hoc Committee on the modalities for the participation of non-governmental
organizations in its work;
Stresses the need for additional efforts to ensure accessibility at the
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United Nations, with reasonable accommodation regarding facilities and
documentation, for all persons with disabilities, in accordance with General
Assembly decision 56/474 of 23 July 2002;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Ad Hoc
Committee with the facilities necessary for the performance of its work;
11. Encourages Member States to continue to include in their delegations to
the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee persons with disabilities and/or other experts
in the field;
12. Urges Member States, observers, civil society and the private sector to
contribute to the voluntary fund established pursuant to its resolution 57/229 to
support the participation of non-governmental organizations and experts from
developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in the work of the
Ad Hoc Committee;
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See A/58/118 and Corr.1.
See A/58/118, para. 15.