International Year of Disabled Persons

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 79International Year of Disabled Persons, published in 1981.

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4 versions · 1979–1982

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/36/77

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5 topics

Conferences International Years Persons with Disabilities Programmes of Action Technical Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

26 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session a report on the status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Welcomes the measures already taken by the Secretary-General to improve the publicity for the work of the Human Rights Committee and encourages the Committee to continue its consideration of this question;

Urges the Secretary-General to take all possible steps to ensure that the Division of Human Rights of the Secretariat is able to assist effectively the Human Rights Committee and the Economic and Social Council in the implementation of their respective functions under the International Covenants on Human Rights, taking into account General Assembly resolutions 3534 (XXX) of I 7 December 1975 and 31 /93 of 14 December 1976:

Requests the Secretary-General to make appropriate arrangements, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 31 / 140 of 17 December 1976, for the holding of meetings of the Human Rights Committee in developing countries, and to report in this regard to the Assembly at its thirty-sixth session.

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International Year of Disabled Persons

Notes with satisfaction the steps already taken in the implementation of the Plan of Action for the International Year of Disabled Persons by Member States, organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, and encourages them to intensify their action and coordination during the Year:

Recommends that, in their efforts to promote the full participation of disabled persons in all aspects of life, Member States and organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system should pay particular attention to the participation of disabled persons themselves and of their organizations in the activities undertaken in connexion with the International Year of Disabled Persons and its follow-up:

Invites Member States which have not yet done so to establish national committees or similar bodies for the International Year of Disabled Persons:

Urges Member States to give higher priority to development assistance projects in developing countries in the fields of rehabilitation services, technical aids and training of appropriate personnel, including disabled persons themselves:

Welcomes the voluntary contributions made by Governments to the International Year of Disabled Persons and appeals for further voluntary contributions to the Year:

Decides to accept the offer of the Government of Argentina to act as host in 1981 to the action-oriented international symposium of experts on technical assistance in the field of disability and technical co-operation among developing countries, to be held in conformity with the Plan of Action for the International Year of Disabled Persons:

Requests the regional commissions to formulate appropriate programmes for implementing the recommendations contained in the Plan of Action for the International Year of Disabled Persons:

Requests the Secretary-General to examine the question of access to United Nations buildings, documents and information for persons with sensorial disabilities:

,,, See i\/C .. ,;.,~. '· '' The Plan of Action for the International Year of Disabled Persons adopted by the General Assembly consists of the text appearing 1n paragraphs 57 to 76 of the annex to document A/34/158 and Corr. I, with the deletion of the phrase following the words "(see subpara. (i) below)" in paragraph 74 (c). of paragraph 74 (u), and of the \\ords following the v.ord "nationallv" in paragraph 75 (h).

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Further requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the information activities and to provide the secretariat of the International Year of Disabled Persons with all the resources and personnel necessary for carrying out its work;

Welcomes the progress already made in the drafting of a long-term world plan of action and approves the procedure and time-scale for its adoption proposed by the Advisory Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons at its second session:"'

Requests the Secretary-General to convene a session of the Advisory Committee in 1981;

Requests the Advisory Committee to examine the possibilities of continuing the activities of the International Institute for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons in Developing Countries in the light of the experience of the International Year of Disabled Persons;

Invites all heads of State or Government, the President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to issue special messages at the beginning of the International Year of Disabled Persons;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "International Year of Disabled Persons" and, in view of its importance, recommends that this item should be considered by the General Assembly in plenary meeting, in observance of the Year;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

35/134. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

Urges the Secretary-General to appoint the Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, taking fully into account the consultations held with Member States to that end;

Expresses its desire that the necessary consultations concerning the agreement with the Government of the Dominican Republic will be expeditiously concluded;

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Expresses also its desire that the Institute will start to function in the Dominican Republic and that its installation in the host country will not be unduly delayed;

Reiterates the guidelines set out in Economic and Social Council resolution 1998 (LX) of 12 May 1976 regarding the activities of the Institute, in particular the need for close collaboration with the regional institutes which have similar objectives;

Invites Governments to contribute to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, both financially and in kind;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1981 on the implementation of the present resolution.

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Refugee and displaced women

Requests all States to co-operate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in order to assure full protection of the well-being of women and children in particular. in accordance with their fundamental rights under international law and national legislation;

Calls upon all States and donors providing immediate relief to refugees and displaced persons to en-

"'' See Report of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace. Copenhagen. 14-30 July 19?/0 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.IV.3 and corrigendum). chap. I.

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International Year of Disabled Persons

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Refugee and displaced women

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