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1. Welcomes the increased attention given by the Committee on the Rights of the Child to the equal
enjoyment by children with disabilities of the rights of the child, and takes note of the thematic discussion
held in 1997 on the rights of children with disabilities, as well as the recommendations adopted;10
2. Also welcomes the decision by the Committee to set up a working group to elaborate a plan of
action for the future work of the Committee on behalf of children with disabilities;
3. Calls upon all States to take all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities and to develop and enforce legislation
against discrimination against children with disabilities;
4. Also calls upon all States to promote for children with disabilities a full and decent life, in
conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in the
community, including effective access to education and health services;
5. Emphasizes the right to education as a human right, and calls upon States to make education
accessible to children with special educational needs in a manner conducive to the child’s achieving the fullest
possible social integration and individual development and to adopt an integrated approach to providing
adequate support and appropriate education for such children;
6. Recognizes the work done by the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social
Development, encourages him to continue to pay special attention to children with disabilities, and welcomes
the invitation by the Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 1997/20 of 21 July 1997, to enhance
cooperation between the Special Rapporteur and the Committee;
7. Calls upon all States, in complying with their reporting obligations to the Committee under
paragraph 1 of article 44 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,4 to include, in accordance with the
guidelines of the Committee,11 information on the situation and the needs of children with disabilities,
including disaggregated data, and on the measures taken to ensure to such children their enjoyment of the
rights under the Convention;
III
PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF THE SALE OF CHILDREN
AND OF THEIR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE,
INCLUDING CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
10
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/53/41), para. 1426.
11
CRC/C/58.
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