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including by promoting access to inclusive education systems, skills development
and vocational and entrepreneurial training, in order to enable persons with
disabilities to attain and maintain maximum independence, as noted in the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32 as well as in 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, 21 and notes the need to strengthen
efforts aimed at addressing the rights and needs of women and children with
disabilities;
51. Expresses deep concern that maternal health remains one area
constrained by some of the largest health inequities in the world, and over the
uneven progress in improving newborn, child and maternal health, in this context
calls upon States to implement their commitments to preventing and reducing
newborn, child and maternal mortality and morbidity, and in that regard takes note
with appreciation of commitments in support of the Global Strategy for Women’s,
Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030), as well as national, regional and
international initiatives contributing to the reduction in the number of maternal
deaths and deaths of the newborn and children under 5 years of age;
52. Recognizes that there is a need for all donors to maintain and deliver on
their existing bilateral and multilateral official development assistance commitments
and targets and that the full implementation of those commitments will substantially
boost resources available to push forward the international development agenda, and
urges countries to track and report resource allocations for gender equality and
women’s empowerment;
53. Also recognizes the need to strengthen the capacity of Governments to
incorporate a gender perspective into policies and decision-making, and encourages
all Governments, international organizations, including the organizations of the
United Nations system, and other relevant stakeholders to assist and support the
efforts of developing countries in integrating a gender perspective into all aspects of
policymaking, including through the provision of technical assistance and financial
resources;
54. Encourages the international community, the United Nations system, the
private sector and civil society to continue to provide the financial resources
necessary to assist Governments in their efforts to meet the development targets and
benchmarks agreed upon at the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth
World Conference on Women, the International Conference on Population and
Development, the Millennium Summit, the International Conference on Financing
for Development, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Second World
Assembly on Ageing, the twenty-third and twenty-fourth special sessions of the
General Assembly, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the
United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, at
which the outcome document entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development” 33 was adopted, and other relevant United Nations
conferences and summits;
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