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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/462/Add.1)]

66/229. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the OptionalProtocol thereto




The General Assembly,

Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, the most recent of which was resolution 64/154 of 18 December 2009, as well as relevantresolutions of the Human Rights Council, the Commission for Social Development and the Commission on Human Rights,

Noting the request of the Committee on the Rights of Persons withDisabilities, contained in annex XVI to its report,[1] that the General Assembly authorize an extension of its meeting time,

Noting also that document and translation costs for the reportsof States parties constitute the largest part of the budget for the Committee,

Noting further that, while the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[2] has enjoyed a veryhigh level of ratification in a short time, the Committee currently meets for only two sessions of one week per year, and noting that, in particular cases, members of the Committee may requirereasonable accommodation, as defined in the Convention,

1. Welcomes the fact that, since the opening for signature of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities2 and the OptionalProtocol thereto[3] on 30 March 2007, one hundred and fifty-three States have signed and one hundred and six States have ratified the Convention and ninety States have signed and sixty-four Stateshave ratified the Optional Protocol, and that one regional integration organization has ratified the Convention;

2. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing andratifying the Convention and the Optional Protocol as a matter of priority;

3. Welcomes the holding of the third and fourth sessions of the Conference of States Parties to the...