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

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 27b Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2011.

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6 subjects

Civil Society Conferences Development Strategies Non-Governmental Organizations Persons with Disabilities Private Sector

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Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities”;⁷

⁷A/66/128.

Decides to convene a one-day High-level Meeting of the General Assembly, at the level of Heads of State and Government, on 23 September 2013, the Monday before the start of the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the Assembly, with the overarching theme “The way forward: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond”, which shall be funded within existing resources, in order to strengthen efforts to ensure accessibility for and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of development efforts;

Also decides that the organizational arrangements for the High-level Meeting should be as follows:

The High-level Meeting will comprise a plenary meeting and two consecutive informal interactive round tables, the round tables to be chaired by Member States at the invitation of the President of the General Assembly, and the themes for the round tables will be decided by the President of the Assembly in consultation with Member States;

The opening plenary meeting will feature statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, an eminent person actively engaged in disability issues and a representative of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, both of whom will be chosen by the President of the Assembly;

The Chairs of the round tables will present summaries of the discussions at the closing plenary meeting;

In order to promote interactive and substantive discussions, participation in each round table will include Member States, observers and representatives of entities of the United Nations system, as well as selected representatives of civil society, organizations of persons with disabilities and the private sector;

Further decides that the High-level Meeting will result in a concise, action-oriented outcome document in support of the aims of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesError: Reference source not found and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities, and requests the President of the General Assembly to produce a draft text, in consultation with Member States, taking into account input from organizations of persons with disabilities, and to convene informal consultations, within existing resources, at an appropriate date in order to enable sufficient consideration and agreement by Member States prior to the Meeting;

Calls upon Member States to consider including in their delegations to the High-level Meeting persons with disabilities, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non-discrimination and the fact that there are disability and age diversities;

Invites the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council who will participate in the High-level Meeting;

Also invites the President of the General Assembly, following appropriate consultations with Member States, to draw up a list of representatives of other non-governmental organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities, relevant civil society organizations and the private sector who might participate in the High-level Meeting, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, and to submit the list to Member States for consideration on a no-objection basis and bring to the attention of the Assembly the finalized list;

Encourages all Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, private sector entities and other relevant stakeholders to consider supporting the participation of representatives from developing countries, in particular, to give a prominent role to delegates who are persons with disabilities and representatives of non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations from those countries, in order to promote the broadest possible participation, and requests the Secretary-General to take, within existing resources, all necessary measures in this regard, including the accessibility of the High-level Meeting;

Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements for the High-level Meeting, taking into account the length of the meetings, the identification of the eminent person actively engaged in disability issues and the representative of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to speak at the opening plenary meeting, the identification of a representative of a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council active in disability issues to speak at the first round table and the identification of Chairs for the round tables, bearing in mind the level of representation and equitable geographical representation.

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