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Development
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The ict
Opportunity
for a
Disability-Inclusive
Development
Framework
Synthesis report of the ICT Consultation in support of
the High-Level Meeting on Disability and Development of
the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly

September 2013

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foreword
THE ICT OPPORTUNITY FOR DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE
DEVELOPMENT: WHY NOW?
The High-Level Meeting on Disability and
Development of the sixty-eighth session of the
United Nations General Assembly will be a key
milestone in securing the role of persons with
disabilities in the process that will define the
post-2015 development agenda. This opportunity cannot be missed. With one billion persons
living with disabilities, 80% of those in developing nations, a sound global development agenda
cannot ignore disabilities, a key driver of exclusion and poverty.
Fortunately, the remarkable rate of adoption by
Member States of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
since 2007 demonstrates a strong universal
support for a disability-inclusive agenda among
Member States. In effect, the Convention is
not only a Human Rights treaty, the...