Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities
A/RES/73/142
Taking note of the preparation of the United Nations 2018 flagship report on
disability and development: realization of the Sustainable Development Goals by, for
and with persons with disabilities, and of the note by the Secretariat that provides an
overview of the flagship report, 16
Recognizing that persons with disabilities make up an estimated 15 per cent of
the world’s population, or 1 billion people, of whom an estimated 80 per cent live in
developing countries, and that persons with disabilities are disproportionately
affected by poverty,
Acknowledging the Secretary-General’s decision to conduct an institutional
review of the current United Nations approach to mainstreaming disability across its
operations, which would inform the preparation of an internal policy and action plan
to strengthen the ability of the United Nations system to mainstream disabi lities, in
line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Gravely concerned that persons with disabilities, including women, children,
youth, persons with albinism, indigenous peoples and older persons, continue to be
subject to multiple, aggravated and intersecting forms of discrimination, and noting
that, while progress has already been made by Governments, the international
community and the United Nations system in mainstreaming disability, in particular
the rights of persons with disabilities, as an integral part of the development agenda,
major challenges remain,
Concerned that women and girls with disabilities are often among the most
vulnerable and marginalized in society and are at a greater risk of experiencing all
forms of violence, and recognizing the need for national development strategies and
efforts to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls with
disabilities, the elimination of all forms of violence and the realization of their human
rights,
Recognizing that persons with disabilities are often disproportionately affected
in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies
and the occurrence of natural disasters and in their aftermath, and that they may
require specific protection and safety measures, recognizing also the need to support
further participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in the development of
such measures and decision-making processes relating thereto, in order to ensure
disability-inclusive risk reduction and humanitarian action, and recognizing further
the special coping mechanisms developed by persons with disabilities to withstand
the effects of conflict and natural disasters,
Recognizing also the contribution of families towards ensuring the full
enjoyment by persons with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms
on an equal basis with others, and that persons with disabilities and their families
should receive social protection and assistance to enable the family and its members
to contribute towards the full and equal enjoyment of the rights of persons with
disabilities and to ensure a safe and supportive family environment for persons with
disabilities,
Recognizing further the collective responsibility of Governments to uphold the
principles of human dignity, equality, non-discrimination and equity at the global
level, and in this sense stressing the duty of Member States to achieve the full
application and implementation of the international normative framework on persons
with disabilities and human rights and development,
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