A/79/179 organizations, on the monitoring and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the national level. 11. Specific linkages to the Convention also arise for many of the Sustainable Development Goals. Advancing Goals 1 and 2 aiming to eradicate poverty and end hunger, for example, requires that State parties consider article 28 of the Convention, related to an adequate standard of living and social protection. Social protection is a key enabler for persons with disabilities to be able to have dignified lives and live independently while alleviating and preventing poverty. Similarly, article 25 is key to achieving Goal 3 on health and well-being as it places upon States the obligation to take appropriate measures to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health services without discrimination. Goal 4 requires establishing inclusive education systems across all levels, in line with article 24 of the Convention. Goal 8 on inclusive and sustainable economic growth, particularly through employment and decent work for all, can easily be linked to article 27 of the Convention. 12. Data collection is a key requirement for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals, as identified in target 17.18, which focuses on enhancing national capacities to significantly increase the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by disability and other characteristics. Similarly, under article 31 of the Convention, States are required to collect data disaggregated by disability, to enable them to formulate and design policies with a view to implement the Convention. 13. Additionally, in line with article 32 of the Convention, persons with disabilities are to benefit on an equal basis with others of international development efforts and cooperation, and thus, structural barriers shall be removed to enable persons with disabilities to participate in and benefit from international cooperation processes and outcomes. 3 14. Valuable guidance has been developed to create a practical outline of the linkages between the Convention and the Sustainable Development Goals to support implementation and follow up to the 2030 Agenda with a disability rights perspective. Of particular note is the resource package issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2020, which contains concrete guidelines and tools to assist policymakers in developing laws, policies and programmes toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals under the guidance of the Convention. 4 It further includes training materials and videos to support capacity-building in this area, as well as human rights indicators, aimed at tracking implementation of the Convention and simultaneously contributing to monitoring the Goals. Implementing the 2030 Agenda for persons with disabilities 15. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda marked a turning point for disability inclusion in global development policies. In line with the commitment to leave no one behind, a disability rights lens should be applied and mainstreamed in the implementation of the whole 2030 Agenda. Unlike the Millennium Development Goals, the 2030 Agenda explicitly mentions persons with disabilities in some of its Goals, namely, those on inclusive and equitable quality education; sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth; full and productive employment and decent work for all; reduced inequalities within and mong countries; making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; and strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development (with respect to data, monitoring and accountability). Persons with disabilities are further included in 7 of the 169 targets and 10 of the 231 indicators. Thus, a twin __________________ 3 4 24-13229 See A/75/186, para. 22. See www.ohchr.org/en/disabilities/sdg -crpd-resource-package. 5/21