United Nations A/RES/62/127 General Assembly Distr.: General 24 January 2008 Sixty-second session Agenda item 62 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/432)] 62/127. Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons: realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning persons with disabilities, particularly resolution 60/131 of 16 December 2005, in which it recognized the important role of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons 1 in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, 0F Recalling also its resolutions on the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, 2 1F Welcoming the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto 3 on 13 December 2006, 2F Recalling the 2005 World Summit, held from 14 to 16 September 2005, at which Heads of State and Government, inter alia, expressed their resolve to ensure the timely and full realization of development goals and objectives, including the Millennium Development Goals, 4 and recognizing the importance of incorporating the perspective of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits, with a view to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5 3F 4F Aware that there are at least 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide and that the majority of them live in conditions of poverty, and in this regard recognizing the critical need to address the negative impact of poverty on persons with disabilities, _______________ 1 A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII, recommendation I (IV). Resolution 48/96, annex. 3 Resolution 61/106, annexes I and II. 4 See resolution 60/1, para. 17. 5 See resolution 55/2. 2 07-47139