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High-level meetings of the 68th Session of the General Assembly

Disability and development -"The way forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond", 23 September 2013

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International Instruments

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
  • Optional Protocol
  • The Convention’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993)
• Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care (1991)
• World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982)
• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)
• Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (1971)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

United Nations Documents

• 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 disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond [A/68/L.1]
• Latest reports of the Secretary-General:
  • The way forward: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond [A/68/95]
  • Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond [A/67/211]
• Latest General Assembly resolutions:
  • High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities [A/RES/66/124]
  • Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond [A/RES/65/186]
• More documents:
  Note: the links below point to the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet), a database from which documents can be sorted based on various criteria and accessed in all available languages.
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  • General Assembly resolutions
  • Economic & Social Council documents
  • Secretary-General’s reports

UN System

• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Enable
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
• UN Women
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• World Health Organization (WHO)