World Autism Awareness Day Resolution

Published: March 8, 2008, 3:57 pm

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United Nations A/RES/62/139Distr.: GeneralGeneral Assembly21 January 2008Sixty-second sessionAgenda item 66 (a)Resolution adopted by the General Assembly[on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/435)]62/139. World Autism Awareness DayThe General Assembly,Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome1 and the United Nations Millennium Declaration,2 as well as the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields,Recalling also the Convention on the Rights of the Child3 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 4 according to which children with disabilities should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child's active participation in the community, as well as the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children,Affirming that ensuring and promoting the full realization of all human rights and

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