United Nations
A/RES/67/82
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 March 2013
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 127
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2012
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/67/L.33 and Add.1)]
67/82.
Addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals,
families and societies affected by autism spectrum
disorders, developmental disorders and associated
disabilities
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome 1 and the United Nations Millennium
Declaration, 2 as well as the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and
summits in the economic, social and related fields,
Recalling the Declaration of Alma-Ata, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion,
1986, and subsequent relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly and
regional committees,
Recalling also the Convention on the Rights of the Child 3 and the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 4 according to which individuals with
disabilities should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity,
promote self-reliance and facilitate the individual’s active participation in the
community, as well as the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms on an equal basis with other individuals,
Recognizing the need to promote and protect the human rights of all persons
with disabilities, including all individuals with autism spectrum disorders, by, inter
alia, ensuring equal opportunities to achieve their optimal developmental potential
and to participate in society,
Recognizing also the important contribution that non-governmental
organizations and other civil society actors can make in promoting human rights for
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1
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 55/2.
3
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
4
Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.
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