Towards Full Integration of Persons with Disabilities in Society Implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and of the Long-Term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond

A/RES/49/153View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1995–1996

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/50/144

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1996	A/RES/50/144	Towards full integration of persons with disabilities in society implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and of the Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons to the year 2000 and Beyond :	702	30%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/153	Towards full integration of persons with disabilities in society implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and of the Long-Term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons to the year 2000 and Beyond :	992	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Conferences Equal Opportunity Extrabudgetary Financing Groups of Experts Persons with Disabilities Private Sector Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Social Development Social Indicators Standards Technology Transfer Women's Status

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

I

Urges all Governments to implement, with the cooperation and assistance of organizations, the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, set out in the annex to General Assembly resolution 48/96;

Invites Member States, in cooperation with organizations of persons with disabilities or their representatives, to develop disability programmes, both on a national and local level, for the implementation of the Standard Rules and to include disability components in all planning, policy and development programmes;

Also invites Member States, in developing disability programmes, to set time limits for the accomplishment of specific goals or targets, where appropriate;

Encourages Governments to take legal and administrative measures, as appropriate, to implement fully the Standard Rules;

Encourages the consideration during major forthcoming events, including the 1995 World Summit for Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, of disability issues relevant to the subject-matter of those events;

Welcomes the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Disability to monitor the implementation of the Standard Rules and to submit reports to the Commission for Social Development at its thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions;

Welcomes also the establishment of a panel of experts as referred to in section IV, paragraph 3, of the Standard Rules;

Encourages the Secretary-General and the United Nations agencies concerned to finalize, in consultation with Member States, the development of a global disability indicator, and also encourages the Special Rapporteur to make use of it, where appropriate, in his future work;

Notes with appreciation that a number of Member States have made, or have indicated their intention to make, contributions to support the work of the Special Rapporteur;

Invites Governments and the private sector to provide meaningful assistance to the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability, with a view to providing additional support to the implementation of the Standard Rules, within the context of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons;

Requests the Secretary-General to support the effective monitoring by the Special Rapporteur of the Standard Rules, and invites voluntary contributions to fund the Special Rapporteur's work in this regard;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution;

II.Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action

concerning Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons;⁵

⁵A/49/435.

Calls upon Governments, when implementing the World Programme of Action, to take into account the elements suggested in the Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond, as set out in the annex to the above-mentioned report of the Secretary-General;

Notes with interest the various activities and contributions made by United Nations programmes and agencies in the disability field;

Requests the regional commissions and other regional organizations to facilitate the adaptation and transfer of global approaches, standards and disability-related technology to the specific needs of the region;

Urges international organizations to support regional and national plans;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure appropriate support for the effective functioning of the Long-term Strategy;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the Long-term Strategy.

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II.Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action

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