United Nations A/RES/65/186 General Assembly Distr.: General 4 February 2011 Sixty-fifth session Agenda item 27 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2010 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/65/448)] 65/186. Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond The General Assembly, Recalling the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 1 the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 2 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 3 in which persons with disabilities are recognized as both development agents and beneficiaries in all aspects of development, 0F 1F 2F Recalling also its previous resolutions on the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, in which it recognized the collective responsibility of Governments to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level, and stressing the duty of Member States to achieve greater justice and equality for all, in particular persons with disabilities, Reaffirming its previous resolutions, in particular resolution 64/131 of 18 December 2009 on realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities and resolution 63/150 of 18 December 2008 on realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities through the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Encouraged by the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 4 which calls for enhanced and concrete efforts to realize the Goals for all, including persons with disabilities, 3F Gravely concerned that persons with disabilities are often subject to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination and are still largely invisible in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals, _______________ 1 A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII, recommendation 1 (IV). Resolution 48/96, annex. 3 Resolution 61/106, annex I. 4 See resolution 65/1. 2 10-52370 *1052370* Please rec cle ♲