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in accordance with existing guidelines on disability statistics, to analyse, publish and
disseminate disability data and statistics in future periodic reports, as appropriate, on
the realization of the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities;
15.
Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To submit information on the
the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth
existing resources, a high-level meeting
Assembly on strengthening efforts to
persons with disabilities in all aspects of
implementation of the present resolution to
session, with a view to convening, within
at the sixty-seventh session of the General
ensure accessibility for and inclusion of
development efforts;
(b) To provide information on best practices at the international, regional,
subregional and national levels for including persons with disabilities in all aspects
of development efforts;
(c) To submit during the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly
information on the progress made towards the implementation of programmes and
policies related to persons with disabilities within the framework of existing
Millennium Development Goals, as well as on their impact;
(d) To continue to improve accessibility and full inclusion of persons with
disabilities, within existing resources, through, inter alia:
(i) Accessibility of built environments, especially the premises at United
Nations Headquarters;
(ii) Accessibility of information and services, including greater accessibility
of official United Nations documentation and conferences, through the use of
alternative formats, such as sign language interpretation, captioning, Braille
and easy-to-use texts;
(iii) Employment of persons with disabilities within the United Nations
system, agencies, funds and programmes as well as regional offices;
(e) To facilitate international cooperation in research and access to scientific
and technical knowledge and, as appropriate, to facilitate access to and sharing of
accessible and assistive technologies, inter alia, through the transfer of technologies.
71st plenary meeting
21 December 2010
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