Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol Thereto

A/RES/63/192View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 64e Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2009–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/145

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/145	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	1,024	21%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/160	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	822	56%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/229	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	795	53%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/154	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	457	71%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/192	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	489	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2009–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/227	Situation of women and girls with disabilities and the Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/145
2014	A/69/284	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/160
2012	A/67/281	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/229
2011	A/66/121	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/154
2009	A/64/128	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/192

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Guidelines Human Rights Information Dissemination Inter-Agency Cooperation Persons with Disabilities Physical Planning Recruitment Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Standards

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities² and the Optional Protocol thereto³ on 3 May 2008;

²Resolution 61/106, annex I.

³Ibid., annex II.

Also welcomes the fact that, since the opening for signature of the Convention and the Optional Protocol on 30 March 2007, one hundred and thirty-seven States have already signed and forty-five States have ratified the Convention and eighty States have signed and twenty-seven States have ratified the Optional Protocol, and that one regional integration organization has signed the Convention;

Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention and the Optional Protocol as a matter of priority;

Welcomes the holding of the first session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on 31 October and 3 November 2008, and the establishment of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

Also welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;⁴

⁴A/63/264 and Corr.1.

Further welcomes the Joint Statement of Commitment to the Convention of the Inter-Agency Support Group on the Convention;⁵

⁵Available from www.un.org/disabilities/documents/iasg/soc.pdf.

Invites the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to assist States to become parties to the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including by providing assistance with a view to achieving universal adherence;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the staff and facilities necessary to support the effective performance of the functions of the Conference of States Parties and of the Committee established under the Convention and the Optional Protocol, as well as for the dissemination of information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol, taking into account the provisions of the Convention, in particular on accessibility;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue the progressive implementation of standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention, in particular when undertaking renovations, including interim arrangements;

Further requests the Secretary-General to take further actions to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations system in accordance with the Convention, including the retention and recruitment of persons with disabilities;

Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to strengthen efforts undertaken to disseminate accessible information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including to children and young people to promote their understanding, and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under those instruments;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on the status of the Convention and the Optional Protocol and the implementation of the present resolution.

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