Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: accessibility
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27. Invites the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities to
address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly annually,
under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, as a way to
enhance communication between the Assembly and the Committee;
28. Calls upon the United Nations system, including its agencies, funds and
programmes, within their respective mandates, to continue to work collaboratively to
accelerate the full and effective mainstreaming of disability inclusion into the United
Nations system, including by implementing and reporting on the United Nations
Disability Inclusion Strategy across its programmes and operations;
29. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session a progress report on steps taken by the United Nations system
towards mainstreaming disability inclusion, including implementation of the United
Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, within existing resources;
30. Calls upon Member States, the United Nations and other relevant
stakeholders to take part in implementing the recommendations endorsed by the
Steering Committee on Accessibility in June 2019;
31. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-sixth session a report on the rights of persons with disabilities with a focus
on the participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations
in decision-making processes, including good practices and challenges in the
implementation of the Convention in that regard, in consultation with persons with
disabilities and their representative organizations, relevant United Nations agencies,
including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility, the
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations
Children’s Fund, taking into account the views of relevant stakeholders a nd using
existing available materials, and to include a segment on the status of the Convention
and the Optional Protocol thereto;
32. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to maintain the levels of
resources required by the relevant offices in the United Nations system for the
fulfilment of their tasks with respect to their work on the rights of and inclusive
development for persons with disabilities.
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18 December 2019
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