Inclusive development for persons with disabilities
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the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present resolution and in his
flagship report to be submitted to the General Assembly in 2018; 15
3.
Recalls Human Rights Council resolution 26/20 of 27 June 2014, 16 in
which the Council established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights
of persons with disabilities, which included making concrete recommendations on
how to better promote and protect the rights of persons with disabi lities, how to
promote development that is inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities
and how to promote their role as both agents for and beneficiaries of development,
and takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur 17 and the
recommendations contained therein;
4.
Welcomes the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development, 12 and recognizes that their participation is integral to
the full and inclusive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
5.
Expresses appreciation to Member States and United Nations entities that
have drafted strategies outlining their way forward in implementing the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development or are in the process of doing so, and
encourages States, with the support of relevant stakeholders, to encourage the
participation of persons with disabilities in the design and implemen tation of these
strategies and ensure that the strategies are inclusive of persons with disabilities and
respect, protect and promote their rights, bearing in mind the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 1
6.
Urges Member States, United Nations agencies, international and
regional organizations, regional integration organizations and financial institutions
to make a concerted effort to include persons with disabilities and to integrate the
principles of accessibility and inclusion into the monitoring and evaluation of the
development goals;
7.
Urges Member States, United Nations agencies and other stakeholders to
design and implement policies and programmes to address fully the rights of women
and girls with disabilities and to ensure that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development will be inclusive of and accessible to women and girls with
disabilities;
8.
Encourages Member States, the United Nations system and other
stakeholders to foster cooperation and to further improve coordination among
existing international processes and instruments in order to advance a disability inclusive global agenda and to facilitate cross-learning and the sharing of
information, practices, tools and resources that are inclusive of and accessible to
persons with disabilities;
9.
Reaffirms that social integration and economic policies should seek to
reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, education for all and
health-care services, eliminate discrimination, increase the participation and
integration of social groups, particularly persons with disabilities, and address the
challenges posed to social development by globalization and market-driven reforms
in order for all people in all countries to benefit from globalization;
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Resolution 69/142, para. 21 (b).
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53),
chap. V, sect. A.
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A/71/314.
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