Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: accessibility A/RES/74/144 and other barriers which constitute a major impediment to their full, equal and effective participation in society and the economy, as well as in political and public life, Concerned that the continuing lack of reliable statistics, data and information on the situation of persons with disabilities at the national, regional and global levels contributes to their exclusion in official statistics, policies and programmes, and in this regard recognizing the need to intensify efforts to build the capacity of Member States, and to strengthen, at the national level, data collection, analysis and use of data disaggregated 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 support the development of evidence-based policies and programmes that are accessible to and inclusive of persons with disabilities, including women and girls, on an equal basis with others, 1. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2 and the Optional Protocol thereto 3 as a matter of priority; 2. Encourages States that have ratified the Convention and submitted one or more reservations to it to review regularly the effect and continued relevance of such reservations and to consider the possibility of withdrawing them; 3. Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to strengthen efforts undertaken to disseminate accessible and easy-to-understand information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto, including to children and young people to promote their understanding, and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under those instruments; 4. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on accessibility and the status of the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto, 12 and the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the rights of persons w ith disabilities; 13 5. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled; 6. Emphasizes the importance of mainstreaming disability issues as an integral part of relevant sustainable development strategies, and encourages States to apply a human rights-based and gender-sensitive approach and to intensify their efforts to advance the rights of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 10 consistent with their international obligations; 7. Encourages States to review and repeal any law or policy that restricts the full and effective participation in political and public life of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others or discriminates against persons with disabilities, including with regard to accessing a service or facility open to the public, and to establish accessible and effective channels of redress for discrimination on the basis of disability; 8. Urges States to take steps to eliminate multiple and intersecting forms o f discrimination against women and girls with disabilities through repealing discriminatory laws, policies and practices, to take all effective measures to remove any other barriers faced by women and girls with disabilities in accessing the __________________ 12 13 19-22245 A/74/146. A/74/186. 5/9