A/RES/73/161
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 74
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 17 December 2018
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/589)]
73/161.
World Braille Day
The General Assembly,
Recognizing that multilingualism, as a core value of the Organization,
contributes to the achievement of the purposes and principles of the United Nations,
as set out in Articles 1 and 2 of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recognizing also that the United Nations pursues multilingualism as a means of
promoting, protecting and preserving diversity of languages and cultures globally, as
well as of improving the efficiency, performance and transparency of the
Organization,
Reaffirming its resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of
20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years and Economic and
Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and
anniversaries, particularly paragraphs 1 to 10 of the annex thereto on the agreed
criteria for the proclamation of international years, and paragraphs 13 and 14, in
which it is stated that an international day or year should not be proclaimed before
the basic arrangements for its organization and financing have been made,
Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1 and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1
Recalling also that Braille is a means of communication for blind persons, as
reflected in article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2
and can be relevant in the contexts of education, freedom of expression and opinion,
and access to information and written communication, as well as in the context of
social inclusion for blind persons, as reflected in articles 21 and 24 of the Convention,
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