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A/C.3/49/L.10/Rev.1
16 November 1994
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Forty-ninth session
THIRD COMMITTEE
Agenda item 95
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE WORLD SOCIAL
SITUATION AND TO YOUTH, AGEING, DISABLED PERSONS AND THE FAMILY
Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus,
Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire,
Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France,
Guinea, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Italy,
Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco,
Myanmar, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines,
Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Sweden,
Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and United States of America:
revised draft resolution
Towards full integration of persons with disabilities in society:
implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and of the Long-Term
Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action Concerning
Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 48/96 of 20 December 1993, by which it adopted the
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities,
Also recalling its resolution 37/52 of 3 December 1982, by which it adopted
the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 1/
1/ A/37/351/Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII,
recommendation I (iv).
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Further recalling all its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 37/53
of 3 December 1982, 46/96 of 16 December 1991, 47/88 of 16 December 1992 and
48/95 and 48/99 of 20 December 1993,
Welcoming the unreserved reaffirmation in the Vienna Declaration on Human
Rights 2/ of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with
disabilities, and the recognition in the programme of action of the United
Nations Conference on Population and Development 3/ of a pressing need, among
others, for the realization of the goals of full participation and equality for
persons with disabilities,
Reaffirming the continuing validity and value of the World Programme of
Action concerning Disabled Persons, which provides a firm and innovative
framework for disability-related issues,
Reiterating the responsibility of Governments for removing or facilitating
the removal of barriers and obstacles to the full integration and participation
of persons with disabilities into society, and supporting their efforts in
developing national policies to reach specific objectives,
Recognizing the contribution of non-governmental organizations, especially
organizations of persons with disabilities, in the global effort to bring about
full participation and equality for persons with disabilities,
Aware of the major obstacles to the implementation of the World Programme
of Action concerning Disabled Persons, foremost among these being an inadequate
allocation of resources,
Having due regard to the preconditions set out under section I of the
Standard Rules for equal participation, including national action to raise
awareness in society about persons with disabilities, their rights, their needs,
their potential and the need to realize these, and their contributions, to
provide effective medical care, including mental health care, to ensure
rehabilitative services, to establish and maintain support services, including
assistive devices, for persons with disabilities and to assist them in
increasing their level of independence in their daily living and to exercise
their rights,
I
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities
for Persons with Disabilities
1. Urges all Governments to implement, with the cooperation and
assistance of organizations, the Standard Rules on the Equalization of
2/ Report of the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna,
14-25 June 1993 (A/CONF.157/24 (Part I)), chap. III.
3/ A/CONF.171/13, chap. I, resolution I, annex.
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Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, set out in the annex to General
Assembly resolution 48/96;
2. Invites Member States, in cooperation with organizations of persons
with disabilities or their representatives, to develop disability programmes,
both on a national and local level, for the implementation of the Standard Rules
and to include disability components in all planning, policy and development
programmes;
3. Also invites Member States, in developing disability programmes, to
set time limits for the accomplishment of specific goals or targets, where
appropriate;
4. Encourages Governments to take legal and administrative measures, as
appropriate, to implement fully the Standard Rules;
5. Also encourages the consideration during major forthcoming events,
including the 1995 World Summit for Social Development and the Fourth World
Conference on Women, of disability issues relevant to the subject matter of
those events;
6. Welcomes the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Disability to
monitor the implementation of the Standard Rules and to submit reports to the
Commission on Social Development at its thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth sessions;
7. Also welcomes the establishment of a panel of experts as referred to
in section IV, paragraph 3, of the Standard Rules;
8. Encourages the Secretary-General and the United Nations agencies
concerned to finalize, in consultation with Member States, the development of a
global disability indicator, and also encourages the Special Rapporteur to make
use of it, where appropriate, in his future work;
9. Notes with appreciation that a number of Member States have made, or
have indicated their intention to make, contributions to support the work of the
Special Rapporteur;
10. Invites Governments and the private sector to provide meaningful
assistance to the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability, with a view to
providing additional support to the implementation of the Standard Rules, within
the context of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to support the effective monitoring by
the Special Rapporteur of the Standard Rules and invites voluntary contributions
to fund the Special Rapporteur’s work in this regard;
12. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution;
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II
Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action
concerning Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the
implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled
Persons; 4/
2. Calls upon Governments, when implementing the World Programme of
Action concerning Disabled Persons, to take into account the elements suggested
in the Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerning
Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond, as set out in the annex to the
above-mentioned report of the Secretary-General;
3. Notes with interest the various activities and contributions made by
United Nations programmes and agencies in the disability field;
4. Requests the regional commissions and other regional organizations to
facilitate the adaptation and transfer of global approaches, standards and
disability-related technology to the specific needs of the region;
5. Urges international organizations to support regional and national
plans;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure appropriate support for the
effective functioning of the Long-term Strategy;
7. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-second session on the implementation of the Long-term Strategy.
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