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UN expert highlights disabled people's rights ahead of World Humanitarian Summit

Xinhua, May 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

The United Nations(UN) special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on Friday urged states worldwide to take into account the rights and the needs of persons with disabilities in their humanitarian responses.

Speaking ahead of the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit taking place in Istanbul on May 23-24, the UN expert, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, also calls on all governments and organizations to endorse the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, which will be launched during the summit.

"The World Humanitarian Summit represents a unique opportunity to foster international support for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of humanitarian action, including awareness-raising, innovation, response, adoption of standards, participation of civil society and international cooperation," she noted.

She added that she was pleased that the summit has a dedicated special session on the inclusion of persons with disabilities into humanitarian action.

"Persons with disabilities must be included in all aspects of humanitarian responses, including the design, planning, coordination, and implementation and monitoring of humanitarian programmes, and be consulted and directly involved through their representative organizations," she stressed.

The UN special rapporteurs are independent experts in the UN human rights system that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Enditem