UN System

United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy

The Disability Inclusion Strategy provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the United Nations.

The latest Secretary-General’s Report analyses actions undertaken by an increasing number of entities and 130 country teams across the programmes and operations of the United Nations in 2021.

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
• The inclusion of learners with disabilities: guidelines on emergency movement to online and distance learning

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)