Recalling its resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975 proclaiming the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons,

Desiring to achieve the effective implementation of the rights and principles laid down in the Declaration,

1.Recommends that all Member States should take account of the rights and principles laid down in the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons in establishing their policies, plans and programmes;

2.Recommends that all international organizations and agencies concerned should include in their programmes provisions ensuring the effective implementation of those rights and principles;

3.Requests the Secretary-General to inform the General Assembly, in the form of a summary annexed to his reports on the world social situation, of the measures adopted by Member States and by the international organizations and agencies concerned with a view to ensuring the effective implementation of the rights and principles laid down in the Declaration and of the present resolution.

97th plenary meeting
13 December 1976