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right to education of persons with disabilities without discrimination and on the basis of
equal opportunity, and in this regard encourages the mobilization of public and private
resources on a sustainable basis to mainstream disability in development at all levels, and
underlines the need to promote and strengthen international cooperation at all levels, and
the exchange of good practices and partnerships for disability-inclusive development;
17.
Calls upon States to ensure that all international cooperation is inclusive of
persons with disabilities and does not contribute to creating new barriers for them;
18.
Encourages States and intergovernmental organizations to consider
becoming party to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for
Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled;
19.
Decides to continue to integrate the rights of persons with disabilities into its
work, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 7/9 of 27 March 2008, and
invites States to consider the possibility of establishing a special procedures mandate on the
rights of persons with disabilities within 2014;
20.
Also decides that its next annual interactive debate on the rights of persons
with disabilities will be held at its twenty-eighth session, from within existing resources,
and that it will focus on article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities on living independently and being included in the community, and will have
international sign interpretation and captioning;
21.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare its annual study on
the rights of persons with disabilities on article 19 of the Convention on living
independently and being included in the community, from within existing resources and in
consultation with States and other relevant stakeholders, regional organizations, the Special
Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development, civil society
organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities, and national human
rights institutions, requiring contributions to be submitted in an accessible format, and
requests that such stakeholder contributions, and the study and an easy-to-read-version of it,
be made available on the website of the Office, in an accessible format, prior to the twentyeighth session of the Human Rights Council;
22.
Encourages organizations of persons with disabilities, national monitoring
bodies and human rights institutions to participate actively in the debate referred to in
paragraph 20 above, as well as in regular and special sessions of the Human Rights Council
and its working groups;
23.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that the work of the
Office of the High Commissioner with respect to the rights of persons with disabilities and
the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are adequately resourced for the
fulfilment of their tasks;
24.
Invites the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities to consider the discussion of article 19 of the Convention on
living independently and being included in the community, according to its mandate;
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