A/70/297*
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 August 2015
Original: English
Seventieth session
Item 73 (b) of the provisional agenda**
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights
questions, including alternative approaches for improving
the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Rights of persons with disabilities
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina
Devandas-Aguilar, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 26/20.
* Reissued for technical reasons on 2 December 2015.
** A/70/150.
15-12544* (E)
031215
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