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World Braille Day

A/RES/73/161View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74 Promotion and protection of human rights, published in 2018.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 1Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis108—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects
BrailleInternational DaysLanguages

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Decides to proclaim 4 January as World Braille Day, to be observed each year beginning in 2019, in order to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people;
2
Invites all Member States, relevant organizations of the United Nations system, other international organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to observe World Braille Day in an appropriate manner, in order to raise public awareness of Braille as a means of communication;
3
Encourages Member States to take measures throughout society to raise awareness of Braille as a means of communication;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system;
5
Stresses that the cost of all activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met from voluntary contributions.

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 1Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis108

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.