The decision concerns the promotion and integration of easy-to-understand communication for better access to information for People with Disabilities
It was adopted unanimously (consensus) by UN General Assembly the decision also promoted by Greece regarding the rights of Persons with Disabilities, according to a relevant announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
More specifically, the decision, adopted on December 16, concerns the promotion and mainstreaming of easy to understand communication for better access of Persons with Disabilities to information (“Promoting and Mainstreaming Easy to Understand Communication for Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities”).
In particular, Greece co-submitted this decision together with Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mongolia, Portugal and the Philippines.
The decision was endorsed by a total of 100 UN member states, including all the member states of the European Union.
The above decision is the third that our country promotes and is adopted by the UN General Assembly in the last 13 months, notes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In particular, the previous ones were a) the decision on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (submitted every two years and unanimously adopted on November 2021with 112 member states co-sponsoring it) and
b) the decision on the return or return of cultural goods to the countries of origin (it is a purely Greek initiative, submitted every three years and adopted unanimously in December 2021, with 111 member states co-sponsoring it).
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