Implementation of the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1986–1992

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/46/96

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1992	A/RES/46/96	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/91	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/70	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/98	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/58	Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons	1,465	33%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Conferences Disability Prevention Employment Equal Opportunity Experts Information Dissemination Information Exchange International Decades Least Developed Countries Persons with Disabilities Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Rehabilitation Technology Transfer

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Urges all Member States and other donors to consider further generous contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Year of Disabled Persons;

Expresses its appreciation to Member States that have established national committees or similar bodies to co-ordinate activities in the field of disability and encourages all Member States to do so;

Invites Member States to reinforce national committees as focal points for the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, to stimulate activities at the national level, to mobilize public opinion on behalf of the Decade, to participate in the implementation of disability projects with regard to the International Year of Disabled Persons and to assist in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons;

Encourages Member States to translate the World Programme of Action into national languages;

Invites Member States, in close collaboration with the national committees and non-governmental organizations concerned, to submit their replies to the questionnaire for the first round of monitoring and implementing the World Programme of Action to the Secretary-General as soon as possible for inclusion in his report on the evaluation of progress at mid-Decade, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-second session;

Urges the Secretary-General to comply with paragraphs 157 and 158 of the World Programme of Action;

Invites all States to give high priority to considera-• tton of projects concerning the prevention of disabilities, rehabilitation and the equalization of the opportunities of disabled persons within the framework of bilateral assistance;

Reiterates the need to give greater publicity to the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons and calls upon Member States, national committees and non-governmental organizations to assist in publicizing the Decade by all appropriate means;

Takes note of the measures taken by the bodies and organizations of the United Nations system to promote equal employment opportunities for disabled persons and urges them to continue their efforts m this field;

I 0. Endorses, in particular, the terms of reference proposed in the report of the Secretary-General55 for the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Year of Disabled Persons, henceforth to be called the Voluntar} Fund for the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons:

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to administer donated funds, using them for projects under the present structure of the Trust Fund. and m addition to make new provisions in order to offer a selection of projects to donor countries which might be willing to finance a particular programme under the "Special Purpose Contributions";

Reaffirms that the resources of the Trust Fund should be used to support catalytic and innovative activities in order to implement further the objectives of the World Programme of Action within the framework of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, with priority given, as appropriate, to programmes and projects of the least developed countries;

Requests all bodies and organizations of the United Nations system administering assistance projects to take into account the concerns of disabled persons in their projects for the rehabilitation of the disabled and their integration into society, as well as to include disabled persons in their overall planning objectives;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-first session on the imple. mentation of the present resolution:

Further requests the Secretary-General to mclude in the report requested in paragraph 14 above information on preparations for the meeting of experts to evaluate progress at the mid-Decade, as provided for in paragraph 16 of resolution 37/53 and paragraph 13 of resolution 39/26, as ~ell as information on the establishment of inter-organ- 1zat1onal task forces, as recommended by the Advisory Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons at its third and fourth sessions and by the General Assembly in paragraph 17 of its resolution 36/77 in order to provide support services for the exchange of technical information and transfer of technological know-how and other activities in the fields of prevention, rehabilitation and equalization of opportunities in developing countries 16.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda nf its forty-first session the item entitled "Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons"

96th plenary meetrng

29 Novemher 1985

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