Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
Symbol
A/RES/62/127
Title
Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons : realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
Access
Summary
Urges relevant entities of the UN system, including agencies, funds and programmes, and invites international and regional development finance institutions to take concrete measures to incorporate the perspective of persons with disabilities, including accessibility requirements, in development cooperation and development finance activities; reaffirms the role of the UN Voluntary Fund on Disability; requests the Secretary-General to give higher priority to concerns and issues of persons with disabilities and their inclusion within the work programme of the UN system and within existing resources, and to strengthen the role of the UN and its development programmes and agencies in mainstreaming disability issues; decides that the 5th review and appraisal of the World Programme of Action, to be conducted by the General Assembly in 2008, shall direct special attention to the issues raised in the present resolution; also decides to rename the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed every year on 3 Dec., the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Action note
2007-12-18
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 76th plenary meeting
Draft
Committee report
Meeting record
Agenda information
Date
[New York] : UN, 24 Jan. 2008
Description
4 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 62nd sess., Suppl. no. 49.