Wed, 19.05.10
realizing the MDGs for persons with disabilities
The United Nations have set eight goals to be reached by 2015: halving poverty, ensuring universal primary education for all among others. Persons with disabilities are largely being left out of the policies and programs put in place to reach the so called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted a resolution calling for the realization of the MDGs also for persons with disabilities. The world’s parliament among others calls for ‘explicit’ mention of persons with disabilities in the upcoming review of the goals. The Journal for Disability & Development has published an analysis of the resolution. More information on the issue can also be found at www.IncludeEverybody.org