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with other children, and recalling obligations to that end undertaken by States
Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,

(s) Emphasizing the need to incorporate a gender perspective in all
efforts to promote the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental
freedoms by persons with disabilities,

(t) Highlighting the fact that the majority of persons with disabilities
live in conditions of poverty, and in this regard recognizing the critical need to
address the negative impact of poverty on persons with disabilities,

(u) Bearing in mind that conditions of peace and security based on
full respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the
United Nations and observance of applicable human rights instruments are
indispensable for the full protection of persons with disabilities, in particular
during armed conflicts and foreign occupation,

(v) Recognizing the importance of accessibility to the physical,
social, economic and cultural environment, to health and education and to
information and communication, in enabling persons with disabilities to fully
enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms,

(w) Realizing that the individual, having duties to other individuals
and to the community to which he or she belongs, is under a responsibility to
strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the
International Bill of Human Rights,

(x) Convinced that the family is the natural and fundamental group
unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State, and that
persons with disabilities and their family members should receive the
necessary protection and assistance to enable families to contribute towards the
full and equal enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities,

(y) Convinced that a comprehensive and integral international
convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with
disabilities will make a significant contribution to redressing the profound
social disadvantage of persons with disabilities and promote their participation
in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural spheres with equal
opportunities, in both developing and developed countries,

Have agreed as follows:

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