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world education forum, dakar, statement and framework for action established attainable 
and affordable educational goals, including the goals of ensuring that by 2015 all children of 
primary age have better access to complete free schooling of an acceptable quality, that gender 
disparities in schooling are eliminated and that all aspects of educational quality are improved
2000
human rights of Persons with disabilities, Commission on human rights resolution 2000/51
2001−2009
african decade of disabled Persons
2002
UN General Assembly resolution on the rights of the Child, following the World Summit on 
Children, calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoy-
ment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities, and to de-
velop and enforce legislation against their discrimination, so as to ensure dignity, promote 
self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in the community, including effective 
access to educational and health services
2002
’a world fit for Children’, outcome document of the UN General Assembly Special Session on 
Children makes clear reference to the rights of children with disabilities, especially regarding 
protection from discrimination, full access to services, and access to proper treatment and care, 
as well as the promotion of family-based care and appropriate support systems for families
2003−2012
second asian and Pacific decade of disabled Persons
2004−2013
arab decade of disabled Persons 
2006
un Convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities
2006−2016
inter-american decade of disabled Persons
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the CRC, including freedom from discrimination, 
respect for the dignity of the child and the cultivation 
of her or his potential to assume a responsible and 
independent life in society. They may be seen to be