International Year for Disabled Persons

A/RES/32/133No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 82International Year for Disabled Persons, published in 1978.

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2 versions · 1977–1978

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1977A/RES/31/123International Year for Disabled Persons

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9 operative paragraphs

Approves the proposals of the Secretary-General, contained in his report, for preparatory work for the period 1978-1979;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to undertake the measures required to implement these proposals, including the necessary information activities prior to and during the International Year for Disabled Persons;

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Decides that the International Year for Disabled Persons represents such a pressing need of an unforeseeable nature;

Decides to establish an Advisory Committee for the International Year for Disabled Persons, composed of the representatives of fifteen Member States to be appointed, on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, by the Chairman of the Third Committee, in concurrence with the regional groups;81 5.

Decides that the task of the Advisory Committee shall be to consider, and to consult with Member States and specialized agencies on, the draft programme for the International Year for Disabled Persons prepared by the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General to convene the Advisory Committee no later than March 1979 at the Headquarters of the United Nations and to submit the report on that meeting to the General Assembly for consideration at its thirty-fourth session;

Appeals to Member States to make in due time generous voluntary contributions for the International Year for Disabled Persons;

Encourages Member States and the organizations concerned to take specific action in the preparation of the observance of the International Year for Disabled Persons;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session the item entitled "International Year for Disabled Persons".

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