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Emmanuel Elisha Ford, using paper printed in the Braille alphabet, speaks at the launch of the preparatory process of the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, 2012.
A disabilities activist, using paper printed in the Braille alphabet, speaks during the preparatory process of the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development in 2012. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

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Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

The Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the DESA, serves as a focal point on disability issues within the United Nations system.

UNESCO

  • A Guide for ensuring inclusion and equity in education
  • Delivering together for inclusive development: digital access to information and knowledge for persons with disabilities

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)
  • World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982)
  • Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)

COVID-19 and people with disabilities

  • Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
  • A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
  • ITU Guidelines on how to ensure that digital information, services and products are accessible by all people, including Persons with Disabilities during COVID-19
  • COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions
  • COVID-19 and the UN System
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