UN DCO Disability Inclusion Strategy 2022-2025- A disability-inclusive RC system
Persons with disabilities 1 represent an estimated 15 percent of the world’s population approximately 1 billion people. A diverse, heterogeneous population, persons with disabilities face discrimination, stigmatization and other barriers that restrict them from participating in society on an equal basis with others.
With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda), Member States pledged to leave no one behind, including persons with disabilities.
The Secretary-General (SG) clearly stated that the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS) articulates the UN’s commitment to supporting Member States in their achievement of the 2030 Agenda and their implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). When launching the Strategy in June 2019,the SG further stated that the UN would lead by example and raise its standards and performance on disability inclusion across all pillars of its work, and from Headquarters to the field.
United Nations Development Coordination Office (DCO) recognizes that the full and effective inclusion of all people in the UN system can only be possible if there as systemic and sustainable change on disability inclusion across all three pillars of the organization (peace and security, human rights and development) and when all development processes are accessible to and inclusive of persons with disabilities.
