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

A/RES/41/106View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 90 Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, published in 1987.

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?

13 subjects

Budget Contributions Conferences Disability Prevention Equal Opportunity Experts Focal Points International Decades Least Developed Countries Persons with Disabilities Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Rehabilitation

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Renews its invitation to all States to give high priority to projects concerning the prevention of disa~i~ities, rehabilitation and the equalization of the opportumtles of disabled persons within the framework of bilateral assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to administer donated funds, using them for projects under the present structure of the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade ofDisabled Persons,51 and, in addition, to continue to make new provisions in order to offer a selection of projects to donor countries that might be willing to finance a particular programme under the "Special Purpose Contributions";

Reaffirms that the resources of the Voluntary 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 ofthe United Nations Decade ofDisabled Persons, with priority given, as appropriate, to programmes and projects of the least developed countries;

Invites Governments and non-governmental organizations to continue their contributions to the Voluntary Fund and calls upon Governments and non-governmental organizations that have not yet done so to consider contributing to the Fund;

Welcomes the offer of the Government of Sweden to act as host in 1987 to a meeting of experts, consisting largely of disabled persons, in conformity with the relevant provisions of resolution 39/26 of 23 November 1984;

Takes note with appreciation of the status of preparations for the forthcoming meeting of experts;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution and on the out come of the meeting of experts;

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

44 A/41/508. 45 Resolution 38/14. 46 /bid., annex. 47 A/41/561 and Add.l.

and Add.1/Corr.l,

annex.

sect. VIII,

40 recommendat1on 1 (IV)

52 See Seve11th United Natio11s Congress on the Preventio,1 ofCrime and the Treatme111 of Ojfender.1, Milan. 26 August-6 September 1985: report prepared by 1hr Secretaria/ (llnitcd Nations publication, Sales No.

E.86.IV.J). 50 A/41/605 and Corr. L 5J A/41 /618. 51 Formerly known as the United Nations Trust Fund ti.>r the 54 See Official Records of the Economic a11d Social Council, 1986, Intt'rnational Y car of Disabled Persons.

Supplement No. 5 (E/1986/25), chap. IV.

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