A/RES/74/123
Persons with albinism
6.
Encourages Member States to take effective steps to promote regional
cooperation for the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and punishment
of cross-border crimes affecting persons with albinism, notably trafficking of persons,
children and body parts;
7.
Calls upon the international community to provide financial and technical
assistance to Member States, upon their request, in support of measures to prevent
and combat discrimination against persons with albinism, including strengthening the
capacity of their health-care systems to provide affordable dermatological and
ophthalmological services;
8.
Encourages Member States and relevant United Nations agencies to
collect, compile and disseminate disaggregated data on persons with albinism, where
applicable, to identify patterns of discrimination and to assess progress towards the
improvement of their status;
9.
Encourages Member States to develop, if necessary, policies and measures
to address the social development challenges faced by persons with a lbinism, who
may require assistance in order to enjoy equal access to benefits and services, notably
in the fields of education, employment and health, and to promote their participation
in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life;
10. Calls upon Member States to support the participation of persons with
albinism in social, economic, political, civil and cultural life, as well as their
consultation and active involvement in the design, implementation and evaluation of
laws, policies, campaigns and training programmes, and further urges Member States
to implement, if necessary, national measures to ensure that persons with albinism are
not left behind, recognizing that persons with albinism are often disproportionately
affected by poverty, discrimination and lack of decent work and employment, and to
commit to working towards the social integration of persons with albinism;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to present a report to the General
Assembly at the main part of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Social
development”, on the various social development challenges faced by persons with
albinism, taking into consideration the specific needs of women and children,
including those related to social inclusion, health, educatio n and employment, and
measures taken, with recommendations for further action to be taken by Member
States and other relevant stakeholders to address identified challenges, and
encourages the Secretary-General to collect information from Member States and all
relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in the preparation of
the report;
12. Decides, taking into account the multifaceted nature of the challenges
faced by persons with albinism, to consider the issue of persons with albinism at its
seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Social development”.
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