UN General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is a focal point for ongoing monitoring and advocacy by IDA.
At its 63rd session (2008), the General Assembly took up a number of important proposals made by IDA in its; recurring resolution on disability and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In particular, the Assembly included in its resolution the IDA proposal to integrate the rights of persons with disabilities into UN development activities and to provide guidelines for UN country teams.
Additionally, IDA continues to monitor and influence the negotiation process of the two disability-specific General Assembly resolutions as well as other mainstream General Assembly resolutions.
Here below you can find information about references to persons with disabilities in the reports of the recent session of the General Assembly as well as links to relevant resolutions and decisions. For detailed information on past General Assembly sessions, please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.
66th Session (2011)
THIRD COMMITTEE (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee)
Resolutions
The Third Committee of the 66th session of the General Assembly has adopted during this session three specific resolutions on the rights of persons with disabilities: World Down Syndrome Day, Draft: A/C.3/66/L.27; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, Draft: A/C.3/66/L.29, which authorizes the CRPD Committee to meet for an extra week per year consecutive to one of the regular meetings; and High-level Meeting on Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, Draft: A/C.3/66/L.10, which establishes a one-day High-level Meeting of the General Assembly, at the level of Heads of State and Government, to be held on the 23rd September 2013, with the overarching theme "The way forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond".
Fifteen of the resolutions adopted by the Third Committee during this session of the General Assembly also include references to persons with disabilities. Especially relevant is the resolution on the rights of the child, which includes a section focusing on children with disabilities. Further information on these resolutions.
Reports
Two specific reports on the rights of persons with disabilities has been presented to the Third Committee: "Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto" (A/66/121) and the ""Report of the Secretary-General on realizing the Millennium Development Goals and other international development goals for persons with disabilities" (A/66/128)
Other reports presented to the Third Committee including Special Procedures reports, also include references to persons with disabilities. Disability analysis of Special Procedures reports and disability analysis of other reports presented by the Secretary General.
SECOND COMMITTEE (Economic and Financial Committee)
Reports
IDA has also undertaken an analysis of the reports that have been presented to the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the General Assembly.
