Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: accessibility A/RES/74/144 physical, social, economic and cultural environment, transportation, health and education, information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and other facilities and services open or provided to the public and to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all rights stipulated in the Convention; 9. Calls upon all States to ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, on an equal basis with other children, in recognition that discrimination against any child on the basis of a disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the child, to enhance inclusion and address barriers faced by children with disabilities, including addressing discriminatory, attitudinal and environmental barriers to their participation and inclusion in society and in the community, to develop gender- and age-sensitive policies and capacities to ensure the rights and address the particular needs of children with disabilities, including children in vulnerable situations, including migrant children, children without parental care, children in street situations and child victims of trafficking, and those affected by climate change, and to prevent and respond to cases of gender-based violence; 10. Recommends that Member States take into account the needs and requirements of older persons with disabilities in national development plans and national policies, including through the collection of data disaggregated by sex, age and disability, and encourage communities to develop targeted services for older persons with disabilities; 11. Calls upon States to develop, adopt and promote national accessibility standards and guidelines, in close consultation with persons with disabilities, through their representative organizations and other relevant stakeholders, which include the promotion of universal design and also include minimum standards for the physical environment, transportation, information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and other facilities and services open or provided to the public, in both urban and rural areas; 12. Also calls upon States to regularly review accessibility standards and laws, as appropriate, in close consultation with persons with disabilities, including through their representative organizations, national human rights institutions in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), 14 where they exist, and other stakeholders, and to use data in compliance with data-protection regulations and standards in order to identify, assess and address gaps to ensure that persons with disabilities can access the physical environment, transportation, information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and other facilities and services open or provided to the public on an equal basis with others; 13. Further calls upon States to promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support to persons with disabilities to ensure their access to information, and to provide information intended for the general public to persons with disabilities using accessible formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities in a timely manner and without additional cost; 14. Calls upon States to ensure that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement and that persons with disabilities have access to a range of in -home, residential and __________________ 14 6/9 Resolution 48/134, annex. 19-22245