A/RES/68/3
Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the
Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons
with disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond
(n) Encourage regional and international development banks and financial
institutions, consistent with their mandates, to include disability in all their
development efforts and lending mechanisms, taking into account that persons with
disabilities are disproportionately affected also during economic crises;
(o) Encourage the mobilization of public and private resources on a
sustainable basis to mainstream disability in development at all levels, and underline
the need to promote and strengthen international cooperation and the exchange of
good practices, including regional and subregional, South-South and triangular
cooperation as a complement to rather than a substitute for North-South cooperation,
and partnerships for disability-inclusive development, in support of national efforts,
inter alia, by ensuring that resources, capacity-building and technical assistance,
including by facilitating access to and sharing accessible and assistive technologies
and through the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms and other
interventions, advance disability-inclusive development, ensure accessibility for
persons with disabilities and promote their empowerment; special attention should be
paid to developing countries that are experiencing increasing difficulties in
mobilizing adequate resources to meet pressing needs in mainstreaming disability in
development, including rehabilitation, habilitation, equalization of opportunities for
persons with disabilities, health promotion and public health campaigns for the
prevention of diseases, and in addressing social, environmental and health risk
factors, inter alia, by improving health care, maternal health and access to
vaccination, clean water supply and sanitation and safe transport;
(p) Encourage private sector entities to partner with the public sector and
civil society, in particular organizations of persons with disabilities, to integrate,
adopt and implement a disability perspective in accordance with national plans,
policies and priorities in their corporate social responsibility initiatives;
(q) Support the objectives of the United Nations Partnership to Promote the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Multi-Donor Trust Fund, including through
voluntary contributions, and encourage other stakeholders to do so.
III. Follow-up of the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General
Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other
internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the
way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and
beyond
5.
We urge the United Nations system as well as Member States to stay engaged
in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally
agreed development goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond,
and encourage the international community to seize every opportunity to include
disability as a cross-cutting issue in the global development agenda, to give due
consideration to disability in the emerging post-2015 United Nations development
agenda with a view to enhancing cooperation, and to provide relevant technical
assistance to Member States upon their request.
6.
We call upon the Economic and Social Council to give due consideration to
the issue of disability and development, including within the framework of United
Nations operational activities, in accordance with relevant mandates, in order to
enhance awareness and cooperation at all levels, including the participation, where
appropriate, of United Nations agencies, multilateral development banks and
institutions and other relevant stakeholders, while ensuring coordination and
avoiding possible overlapping.
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