A/RES/74/144
Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: accessibility
at all levels, recognizing the importance for States of having an open, inclusive and
transparent engagement with civil society in the implementation of measures on
persons with disabilities;
23. Calls upon States to collect and analyse data disaggregated by income,
sex, race, age, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographical location and other
characteristics relevant to national contexts to assist, inter alia, with the identification
and eradication of barriers and all forms of discrimination, including multiple and
intersecting forms of discrimination, that prevent persons with disabilities from
enjoying all the rights stipulated in the Convention, to guide inclusive policy planning
and to be used on an ongoing basis to assess and advance accessibility, and also calls
upon States to improve data-collection systems for adequate monitoring and
evaluation frameworks on the implementation of the Convention and the Sustainable
Development Goals for all persons with disabilities;
24. Urges States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human
rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles, where they exist, to
continue to support the inclusion of persons with disabilities in th e implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by, inter alia, supporting the
disaggregation of data by disability, sex and age for specific indicators, using
appropriate measurement tools, including, as appropriate, the United Nations
Children’s Fund Module on Child Functioning and the Washington Group short set
of questions on disability and other data-collection methodologies, to assist States in
measuring the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169
associated targets and programming policies in the context of the Goals;
25. Encourages States, United Nations entities and relevant international
organizations, inter alia:
(a) To ensure that international cooperation is disability- and gender-sensitive
and inclusive, including through the implementation of disability markers to monitor
the implementation of programmes and the collection of data and statistics on persons
with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, targets and indicators, as well
as other international frameworks;
(b) To support, promote and strengthen international cooperation and
assistance, and enhance partnerships and coordination, including South -South
cooperation, among themselves and with the active participation of persons with
disabilities, through their representative organizations, as well as other relevant civil
society organizations and stakeholders, in strengthening the means of implementation
of the Convention and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including
through the mobilization of financial resources, technical cooperation and facilitation
of access to and sharing of accessible and assistive technologies on mutually agreed
terms;
(c) To facilitate and support capacity-building initiatives aimed at fostering
the exchange of technical knowledge, information and other programmes at the
regional and international levels relating to good practices in achieving accessibility
outcomes and to promote international cooperation that is accessible and inclusive of
persons with disabilities;
26. Recalls its decision on accessible seating for representatives with
disabilities in resolution 73/341 of 12 September 2019 on the revitalization of the work
of the General Assembly, and in this regard welcomes the note by the Department for
General Assembly and Conference Management of the Secretariat implementing the
decision;
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