Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol Thereto

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 64eConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2009–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/145

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2009A/RES/63/192Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto

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What subjects does this mandate have?

9 topics

Guidelines Human Rights Information Dissemination Inter-Agency Cooperation Persons with Disabilities Physical Planning Recruitment Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Standards

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2009.

2009A/64/128Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto on 3 May 2008;

Also welcomes the fact that, since the opening for signature of the Convention and the Optional Protocol on 30 March 2007, one hundred and thirty-seven States have already signed and forty-five States have ratified the Convention and eighty States have signed and twenty-seven States have ratified the Optional Protocol, and that one regional integration organization has signed the Convention;

Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention and the Optional Protocol as a matter of priority;

Welcomes the holding of the first session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on 31 October and 3 November 2008, and the establishment of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

Also welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;

Further welcomes the Joint Statement of Commitment to the Convention of the Inter-Agency Support Group on the Convention;

Invites the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to assist States to become parties to the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including by providing assistance with a view to achieving universal adherence;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the staff and facilities necessary to support the effective performance of the functions of the Conference of States Parties and of the Committee established under the Convention and the Optional Protocol, as well as for the dissemination of information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol, taking into account the provisions of the Convention, in particular on accessibility;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue the progressive implementation of standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention, in particular when undertaking renovations, including interim arrangements;

Further requests the Secretary-General to take further actions to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations system in accordance with the Convention, including the retention and recruitment of persons with disabilities;

Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to strengthen efforts undertaken to disseminate accessible information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including to children and young people to promote their understanding, and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under those instruments;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on the status of the Convention and the Optional Protocol and the implementation of the present resolution.

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