Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Mainstreaming Disability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 17bSocial development, published in 2014.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Development Policy Disability Statistics Persons with Disabilities Poverty Mitigation Private Sector

What does this mandate say?

17 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming disability in the development agenda towards 2015 and beyond;

Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on disability of the Commission for Social Development, and takes note of his report on monitoring of the implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities;

Also welcomes the appointment of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility, bearing in mind the need to create synergies with the existing United Nations mechanisms;

Notes the expiry of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on disability on 31 December 2014, and in this regard decides that the Commission shall consider at its fifty-third session the possibility of another monitoring mechanism, with a view to strengthening the mainstreaming of disability in social development;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to promote the implementation of the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilitiesError: Reference source not found and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,Error: Reference source not found including by supporting the relevant efforts of Member States and other stakeholders, and to further contribute to the development of a disability-inclusive, equitable and sustainable post-2015 development framework;

Calls upon Member States, relevant regional organizations and United Nations bodies and agencies to ensure that all development policies and programmes, including those regarding poverty eradication, social protection, full and productive employment and decent work, and appropriate measures for financial inclusion as well as accessible community and housing development, take into account the needs, rights and potentials of and benefit all persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others;

Encourages Member States, relevant regional organizations and United Nations bodies and agencies to achieve the full application and implementation of the international normative framework on disability and development by encouraging the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and by considering the ratification of the Optional Protocol thereto, as both human rights and development instruments;

Emphasizes the need for measures to ensure that persons with disabilities, in particular women, children, youth, indigenous peoples and older persons, are not subject to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination or excluded from participation on an equal basis with others in the implementation of the international development goals;

Decides to continue to give due consideration to the issue of disability and development, including within the framework of United Nations operational activities, in accordance with relevant mandates, in order to enhance awareness and cooperation at all levels, including the participation, where appropriate, of United Nations agencies, multilateral development banks and institutions and other relevant stakeholders, while ensuring coordination and avoiding any possible overlapping;

Urges Member States, the United Nations agencies and bodies, development agencies and international organizations and encourages the private sector to regard accessibility as both a means and a goal of inclusive and sustainable development and therefore an essential investment that benefits all members of society; hence accessibility should be an integral part of programmes and projects relating to the built environment, transportation and information and communications technologies;

Encourages the mobilization of resources on a sustainable basis to mainstream disability in development at all levels, and in this regard underlines the need to promote and strengthen international cooperation, including South-South and triangular cooperation, in support of national efforts, including, as appropriate, through the establishment of national mechanisms, in particular in developing countries;

Encourages Member States, the United Nations system and all relevant stakeholders to improve disability data collection, analysis and monitoring for development policy planning, implementation and evaluation, taking fully into account regional contexts, to share, where appropriate, relevant data and statistics with relevant agencies and bodies within the United Nations system, including the Statistical Commission, through appropriate mechanisms, and to underline the need for internationally comparable data and statistics disaggregated by sex and age, including information on disability;

Underlines the importance of closely consulting with and actively involving persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in the elaboration of the emerging post-2015 United Nations development agenda;

Calls upon all Governments to continue to cooperate and engage in direct dialogue with the Special Rapporteur and to provide him or her with all the relevant information needed to fulfil his or her mandate effectively;

Expresses concern at the insufficiency of resources for the Special Rapporteur, and recognizes the importance of providing adequate resources for the implementation of the mandate by the Special Rapporteur;

Encourages Governments, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the Commission for Social Development at its fifty-third session an annual report on his or her activities in implementing the present resolution.

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