Persons with Albinism

A/RES/70/229View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 28 Social development, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2016–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/177

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/177	Persons with albinism	2,050	72%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/171	Persons with albinism	1,519	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/130	Persons with albinism	1,516	99%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/123	Persons with albinism	1,520	78%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/140	Persons with albinism	1,213	43%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2022–2024

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2024	A/78/903	Social development challenges faced by persons with albinism report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/76/130
2022	A/76/769	Social development challenges faced by persons with albinism report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/74/123

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Albinism Discrimination Right to Security of Person

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Encourages Member States to continue to meet their obligations to uphold the rights of persons of albinism, including the rights to life, liberty, security of person, education, work, an adequate standard of living and the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;

Requests the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive report, using existing resources and mechanisms, including the Independent Expert of the Human Rights Council on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, to the General Assembly at the main part of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “Social development”, on the various social development challenges faced by persons with albinism, taking into consideration the specific needs of women and children, including those related to social inclusion, health, education and employment, and measures taken, with recommendations for further action to be taken by Member States and other relevant stakeholders to address identified challenges, and encourages the Secretary-General to gather information from all relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system for the preparation of the report;

Decides, taking into account the multifaceted nature of the challenges faced by persons with albinism, to consider the issue of persons with albinism at its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “Social development”.

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