UN Initiatives regarding Persons with Developmental and Psychiatric Disabilities
1971: Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, 1975: Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1982: World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 1991: Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care, 1993: United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, 1997: Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975
The United Nations General Assembly in its 2433rd plenary meeting on December 9, 1975 proclaimed the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, which provided the basic principles of action for The World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons.