A/RES/63/150
Underlining the importance of mobilizing resources at all levels for the
successful implementation of the World Programme of Action and the Convention,
and recognizing the importance of international cooperation and its promotion in
support of national efforts, in particular in developing countries,
Reaffirming the need to include and integrate the rights, well-being and
perspective of persons with disabilities in development efforts at the national,
regional and international levels, without which the internationally agreed
development goals, in particular the Millennium Development Goals, will not be
genuinely achieved, and in this regard stressing the need to build or strengthen the
effectiveness of national and regional legislation, the domestic policy environment
and development programmes affecting persons with disabilities,
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the fifth quinquennial
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review and appraisal of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled
Persons 5 and his report on the status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto; 6
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Expresses concern about the persistent gap between policy and practice
regarding mainstreaming the perspective of persons with disabilities, including their
rights and well-being, in the work of the United Nations in realizing the Millennium
Development Goals;
Urges States to involve persons with disabilities on an equal basis with
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other persons in the formulation of strategies and plans, in particular those of most
relevance to them;
Encourages States, in cooperation with, inter alia, intergovernmental and
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non-governmental organizations, as well as regional and international financial
institutions and the private sector, as appropriate, to be guided in their work by the
objectives of the United Nations instruments related to disability by, inter alia:
(a) Examining development strategies, policies and programmes aimed at
implementing internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals, and ensuring that they are inclusive of issues concerning
persons with disabilities and that they promote the equalization of opportunities for
all;
(b) Ensuring accessibility and reasonable accommodation to enable persons
with disabilities to realize their right to live independently and participate fully in
all aspects of life, as well as to be agents and beneficiaries of development;
(c) Providing appropriate resources and accessible services and safety nets
for persons with disabilities to ensure improved well-being for all;
(d) Ensuring an adequate standard of living and social protection for persons
with disabilities, including through equal access to poverty and hunger eradication
programmes, inclusive quality education, in particular free and compulsory primary
education and the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as
the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable health care in order to
ensure the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities, without
discrimination on the basis of disability, and access to full and productive
employment and decent work for all;
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A/63/183.
A/63/264 and Corr.1.