A/HRC/27/63 13. The working group had before it the following documents: New text by the Chair-Rapporteur presented to the working group in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 23/16 (see annex II) D. A/HRC/WG.13/2/1 Note by the Secretariat A/HRC/WG.13/2/2 Letter from the Chair-Rapporteur of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace, Christian Guillermet-Fernández, addressed to the members of the working group A/HRC/WG.13/1/2 Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace Adoption of the agenda and organization of work 14. In his opening statement, the Chair-Rapporteur referred to Human Rights Council resolution 23/16, in which the Council had requested him to prepare a new text on the basis of the discussions held during the first session of the working group and on the basis of the intersessional informal consultations. The Chair-Rapporteur introduced his new text, which was a result of multiple consultations held since November 2013 with a wide range of interested stakeholders, including States, intergovernmental organizations, civil society organizations and academia.1 15. The Chair-Rapporteur recalled that the right to peace was recognized in various softlaw instruments, such as the Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace. In addition, he recalled that several delegations had stated that a stand-alone right to peace did not exist under international law. His new text reflected relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. His draft was also based on the Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace and on the Human Rights Council resolutions adopted on that theme since 2008. The ChairRapporteur explained that his new draft also reflected points of convergence among delegations, as identified in his letter to the working group (A/HRC/WG.13/2/2), as well as elements of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (General Assembly resolution 53/243 of 13 September 1999), the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action2 and the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace (General Assembly resolution 33/73 of 15 December 1978). In particular, he said that the Advisory Committee, in its draft declaration, had built on and elaborated further elements contained in the above-mentioned declarations. 16. In addition to elements of Human Rights Council resolutions 14/3 and 17/16 on the promotion of the right of peoples to peace, the new text was built upon the notions of human dignity, the role of women in the construction of peace, the importance of the 1 2 The Chair-Rapporteur convened several informal consultations in preparation for the second session of the working group. The first consultation was held with States on 31 October and 1 November 2013, the second consultation with representatives of non-governmental organizations on 4 November 2013 and the third consultation with representatives of various international organizations, including experts on human rights law, on 18 and 19 November 2013. Another consultation was held with States and non-governmental organizations on 9 May 2014. Adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, on 25 June 1993. 5