United Nations System

This page is under continual development. If you know of additional activities, policies or statements, in addition to those listed here, corrections needed, or developments related to the listing here, please see Submitting Updates to Policies Relating to Web Accessibility.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Background concerning the Convention
• Text of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• List of status of ratification and signatories of countries and regional integration organizations (List of declarations and reservations)
• Article 9 of the Convention specifically refers to accessibility of information and ICTs
• Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Chapter 6 – From Provisions to Practice, Implementing the Convention:  Accessibility

United Nations

• Web Accessibility - A General Assembly Mandate
• The Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Status of the Convention [PDF] (document A/66/121) provides an update on the work of the Inter-Departmental Task Force on Accessibility and paragraphs 36 to 41 relate to accessibility of information.
• Resolution of the General Assembly, March 26, 2010 [PDF], (document A/RES/64/154), paragraph 7
• Resolution adopted by the General Assembly, Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond [PDF] (document A/RES/65/186)
• Press Release – December 3, 2008 –  Secretary General says that the UN remains commitment to promoting accessibility – digital, political, physical – to persons with Disabilities
• Press Release - November 30, 2006 (No. 6054) – UN Focus on Improving accessibility
• Press release  November 14, 2006 SG/SM/10736) – “E-Accessibility” (Theme of International Day of Disabled Persons, observed on 3 December)

Organizations with commitment towards an accessible web site

• Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) – FAO Web guidelines [PDF]
• International Court of Justice - Accessibility statement
• International Labor Organization Ability Asia – Accessibility Statement
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU) – ITU Strategy on Accessibility
• Joint ITU/G3ICT e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit – Accessibility Statement
• United Nations Convention - Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Accessibility Statement
• United Nations High Commission for Refugees - Accessibility Statement
• World Health Organization – European Office - Accessibility statement
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Accessibility statement, WIPO’s Core Values - Initiative 19

Organizations with activities related to accessibility of information

• International Telecommunications Union> – ITU and accessibility, Joint ITU/G3ICT e-Accessibility Toolkit
• World Bank - World Bank & Disability, Launch of the World Report on Disability
• World Health Organization - WHO & Disability, including the World Report on Disability
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – VisionIP, TIGAR Project, Press release, February 5, 2010