Realizing+the+Millennium+Development+Goals+for+persons+with+disabilities+towards+2015+and+beyond


 * Issue 4- Realising the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond**

The Resolution, calls upon Governments to enable persons with disabilities to participate as agents and beneficiaries of development, in particular in all efforts aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals, by ensuring that programmes and policies, namely on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development, are inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities.
 * Main Points:**

An Act Establishing an Institutional Mechanism to Ensure the Implementation of Programs and Services for Persons with disabilities in Every Province, City and Municipality, amending Republic Act No. 7277, Otherwise Known as the “Magna Carta for disabled Persons”, As Amended, and for Other Purposes” was enacted into law.
 * International Community Has already done:**

Colombia fully supports all the UN development goals and strongly believes in particular the Goal for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond.
 * Country's point of view:**

"National efforts, in order to be effective, must be complemented by regional and international efforts and we cannot overemphasise the importance of disability inclusive development cooperation within the framework of bilateral, regional and multilateral initiatives.
 * Solutions:**