Implementation of the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 93 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1986–1992

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/46/96

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1992	A/RES/46/96	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/91	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/70	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/98	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/58	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	1,465	33%Compare

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19 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the validity of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and urges Member States to rededicate themselves to its early and effective implementation;

Invites those Member States that have not done so to establish national committees in consultation with disabled persons and their organizations as focal points for the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons;

Once again invites Member States to reinforce national committees as focal points for the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, to stimulate activities at the national level, to mobilize public opinion on behalf of the Decade, to participate in the implementation of disability projects with regard to the International Year of Disabled Persons and to assist in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the World Programme of Action during the second half of the Decade;

Requests the Secretary-General to consider convening during the second half of the Decade, within existing resources, an interregional meeting of representatives of national committees for disabled persons with a view to enhancing the capabilities of such committees through an exchange of views and information;

Invites Member States to incorporate in their national development plans and strategies projects to assist disabled persons and to include such projects in the country programmes ofthe United Nations Development Programme;

Renews its invitation to all States to give high priority to projects concerning the prevention of disabilities, rehabilitation and the equalization of opportunities for disabled persons within the framework of bilateral assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to encourage all organs and bodies of the United Nations system, including regional commissions, international organizations and the specialized agencies, to take into consideration the specific needs of disabled persons when elaborating their programmes and operational activities;

Invites the Secretary-General and Member States to encourage real involvement of disabled persons in United Nations programmes and activities, ínter afia, through the provision of employment opportunities;

Requests the Secretary-General to consider, within existing resources, alternative structures so as to ensure that the issue of disability is accorded high visibility and to develop the Disabled Persons Unit ofthe Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs as a specialized facilitating agent engaging the available resources of the United Nations system and relevant networks outside the United Nations;

Invites the Centre to expand its close collaboration with non-governmental organizations and to consult with them on a regular and systematic basis on matters relating to the implementation of the World Programme of Action;

Calls upon Member States, national committees, the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations to assist in a global information campaign to publicize the Decade through ali appropriate means;

the important role of non- Recognizes governmental organizations, especially those representing disabled persons, in the effective implementation of the World Programme of Action, in raising international awareness of the concerns of disabled persons and in monitoring and evaluating progress achieved during the Decade;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to administer donated funds, using them for projects under the present structure of the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, and, in addition, to

continue to make new provisions in order to otfer a selection of projects to donor countries that may be willing to finance a particular programme under the "Special Purpose Contributions";

Reaffirms that the resources of the Voluntary Fund should be used to support catalytic and innovative activities in order to implement further the objectives of the World Programme of Action within the framework of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, with priority given, as appropriate, to programmes and projects of the least developed countries;

Invites Governments and non-governmental organizations to continue their contributions to the Voluntary Fund,

and calls upon Governments and nongovernmental organizations that have not yet done so to consider contributing to the Fund so as to enable it to respond effectively to the growing demand for assistance;

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Sweden for having acted as host to the Global Meeting of Experts to Review the Implementation ofthe World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons at the Mid-Point ofthe United Nations Decade ofDisabled Persons, held at Stockholm from 17 to 22 August 1987, and to the experts who participated;

Requests Member States and all relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations system to submit to the Secretary-General their comments on the recommendations outlined in paragraphs 10 to 39 of the report of the Global Meeting of Experts,36 as well as on the report of the Secretary-General on the evaluation of the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons during the first half of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons35 and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report thereon to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1988;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-third session the item entitled "Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons".

30 Resolution 38/14. 31 Officia/ Records of the General Assembly, Forty-second Session, Suf¡Iement No. 18 (A/42/18).

and Add.1/Corr.1,

annex,

sect. VIII,

A/42/468 and Corr.1 and Add. l.

recommendation l (IV).

34 A/42/551. 35 A/42/561.

VI.

38 See Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention o/Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Milan, 26 August-6 September 1985: report

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