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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling also the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, the outcome document of the 2016 high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly on HIV and AIDS, entitled “Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030”, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, launched during the first World Humanitarian Summit, and the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), which contain references to the rights, participation, perspectives and well-being of persons with disabilities in development efforts, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Human rights and extreme poverty 2016, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing that special attention should be given to those who are living in extreme poverty and in vulnerable situations, in particular women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Human rights and extreme poverty 2014, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing that special attention should be given to those who are living in extreme poverty and in vulnerable situations, in particular women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The girl child 2013, para. 33 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of discrimination, including in respect of their access to education, health-care services and employment, and the importance of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in this regard, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The girl child 2011, para. 27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of discrimination, including in respect of their access to education and employment, and the importance of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in this regard, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing the importance of collecting and analysing reliable data on persons with disabilities following existing guidelines on disability statistics, and their updates, encouraging ongoing efforts to improve data collection in order to disaggregate data with regard to persons with disabilities by gender and age, and underlining the need for internationally comparable data to assess progress on development policies that are inclusive of persons with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the rights of persons with disabilities with respect to full and effective participation and inclusion in society, and therefore recognizing also that persons with disabilities should have the opportunity to be actively involved in decision-making processes about policies and programmes, including national and international development programmes, with a view to ensuring that such policies and programmes are inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing its resolve to build inclusive societies and, in this regard, the importance of mainstreaming the rights, participation, perspectives, needs and well-being of persons with disabilities into all relevant strategies and programmes for sustainable development, and reaffirming the valued existing and potential contributions made by persons with disabilities to the overall well-being and diversity of their communities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further that, while considerable progress has been made, the mainstreaming of disability, including the rights of persons with disabilities, remains a global challenge, and recognizing that further efforts are needed to strengthen the normative and operational links to effectively integrate the rights, participation, perspectives and needs of persons with disabilities in development policies and programmes, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also the collective responsibility of Governments to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality 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, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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 require specific protection and safety measures, and 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, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that women and girls with disabilities are often among the most vulnerable and marginalized in society, and recognizing the need for national development strategies and efforts to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls with disabilities and the realization of their human rights, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is inclusive of persons with disabilities and in which Member States pledged to leave no one behind, and acknowledging that Member States, while implementing the 2030 Agenda, should, inter alia, respect, protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without discrimination of any kind, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities, held on 23 September 2013 at the level of Heads of State and Government, with the overarching theme “The way forward: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond”, and reaffirming also the commitments contained therein, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its resolution 69/142 of 18 December 2014 and its previous relevant resolutions, including those on internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, as well as relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council and of the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions, and stressing the need for their full application and implementation for persons with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Women in development 2015, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling the outcomes of the International Conference on Financing for Development and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development and the outcomes of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, the high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS, the high-level meetings of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, the high-level meeting on Africa's development needs, the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond, the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, the Lima work programme on gender and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2015, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and aspirations of youth, including youth with disabilities, and recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to fulfil their potential will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Rights of indigenous peoples 2016, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Rights of indigenous peoples 2015, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls 2014, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the vulnerability of those who suffer multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as older women, indigenous women, migrant women and women with disabilities, and the particular risk of violence they face, and stressing the urgent need to address violence and discrimination against them, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Realizing the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond 2014, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Concerned that persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected in disaster, emergency and conflict situations, as well as by poverty, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Rights of indigenous peoples 2014, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting their access to justice, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) 2014, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing the importance of supporting countries in their efforts to eradicate poverty and promote empowerment of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including women, children and youth, indigenous peoples, older persons and persons with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth 2013, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling that Member States have an important role in meeting the needs and aspirations of youth, and recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to fulfil their potential will influence social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihood of future generations, and that States have an important role in addressing the needs of youth, including youth with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Rights of indigenous peoples 2013, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting access to justice by indigenous peoples, indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals, families and societies affected by autism spectrum disorders, developmental disorders and associated disabilities 2012, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note of the Dhaka Declaration on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities of 25 July 2011, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals, families and societies affected by autism spectrum disorders, developmental disorders and associated disabilities 2012, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond 2010, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting that persons with disabilities make up an estimated 10 per cent of the world's population, of whom 80 per cent live in developing countries, and recognizing the importance of international cooperation and its promotion in support of national efforts, in particular for developing countries, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond 2010, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Affirming also that the World Programme of Action and the Standard Rules enhance the policies related to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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