A/RES/71/165
Inclusive development for persons with disabilities
10. Emphasizes the importance of mainstreaming the rights, participation,
perspectives and needs of persons with disabilities in disaster risk red uction,
recognizes the need for their inclusion in and contribution to disaster preparedness,
emergency response, recovery and the transition from relief to development, as well
as the implementation of policies and programmes that are inclusive of and
accessible to persons with disabilities, and also recognizes the disproportionate
impact of disasters on women and girls with disabilities;
11. Encourages Member States, the United Nations system and relevant
stakeholders to strengthen coordination in the humanitarian, disaster and
development spheres so as to strengthen resilience, better mitigate risks and support
pathways towards recovery and development, including during humanitarian
emergencies, for persons with disabilities;
12. Encourages the mobilization of resources on a sustainable basis to
mainstream disability, including the rights of persons with disabilities, in
development at all levels, and in this regard underlines the need to promote and
strengthen international cooperation, including North-South, South-South and
triangular cooperation, in support of national efforts, including, as appropriate,
through the establishment of national mechanisms, in particular in developing
countries;
13. Encourages Member States, United Nations organizations and
mechanisms, including the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with
disabilities, and the regional commissions to make all efforts to engage with and
ensure accessibility for the full and effective participation and inclusion of persons
with disabilities, in cooperation with organizations of persons with disabilities and,
as appropriate, national human rights institutions, in development processes and
decision-making at the local, national, regional and international levels;
14. Encourages Member States that have not yet done so to adopt a national
disability strategy that can be operationalized, including through measurable and
appropriate targets and indicators, and that assigns responsibility to and incorporates
the views of a broad range of stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and
their representative organizations;
15. Calls upon Member States, relevant regional organizations and United
Nations bodies and agencies to ensure that all development policies and
programmes, including those regarding poverty eradication, social protection, full
and productive employment and decent work, and appropriate measures for financial
inclusion as well as urban planning and accessible community and housing
development, take into account the rights, participation, perspectives and needs of
persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others;
16. Encourages Member States, international development institutions and
other stakeholders, including those in the private sector, to promote access ibility,
including through the application of universal design in all aspects of urban
development, including the planning, design and construction of physical and virtual
environments, public spaces, transportation and public services;
17. Urges Member States and regional and local governments to promote
appropriate measures in cities and other human settlements that facilitate the access
of persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others, to the physical
environment of cities, in particular to public spaces, public transport, housing,
education and health facilities, public information and communication (including
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