experiences of persons with disabilities as discussed above. Thus, the twin-track approach ensures that the government would provide reasonable accommodation xx to persons with disabilities. The fundamental factor remains that an adequately responsive program of the government during these times of crisis, inclusive of its operational details, would be developed and implemented during active consultation with and participation of persons with disabilities in their capacity as rights-holders. A fully operationalized twin-track approach, where reasonable accommodation is observed, ensures that persons with disabilities are not discriminated such as in the government's social amelioration programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is anchored on Article 5 (3), UNCRPD, which provides: “In order to promote equality and eliminate discrimination, States Parties shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided.” IV. SYNTHESIS The rights-based model of disability calls for a disability-inclusive response to the COVID-19 crisis. Such response must reflect the government's commitment to respect, protect and fulfill all human rights of persons with disabilities, in particular Article 28 in relation to Article 6 and 7 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Thus, we implore the Philippine Government to consistently adopt the twin-track approach and maintain a gender and intersectional framework, with emphasis on reasonable accommodation of multiple vulnerabilities of all types of persons with disabilities. Active consultation with and inclusion of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations is key. Let copies of this advisory be furnished to the concerned government agencies, particularly the Inter-agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and its Technical Working Group on Social Amelioration (under Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1, series of 2020), local government units, persons with disabilities and their representative organizations, and the public at large through posting in the CHR website. ISSUED this 29th day of April 2020, Quezon City, Philippines. JOSE LUIS MARTIN C. GASCON Chairperson KAREN S. GOMEZ-DUMPIT Commissioner LEAH C. TANODRA-ARMAMENTO Commissioner i ii GWENDOLYN LL. PIMENTEL-GANA Commissioner ROBERTO EUGENIO T. CADIZ Commissioner National Council on Disability Affairs Board Resolution No. 1, Series of 2016 See https://psa.gov.ph/content/disability-spares-no-one-new-perspective (accessed 18 March 11