A/HRC/19/21 responses to the epidemic. Other key activities include the provision of technical assistance in the review of HIV legislation, co-sponsoring the West and Central African regional meeting of ministers for justice and judges, which led to the adoption of a statement of commitment on HIV and the law, and the organization of campaigns to raise awareness and address HIV-related stigma and discrimination. C. 1. Pursuing economic, social and cultural rights and combating inequalities and poverty, including in the context of the economic, food and climate crises Right to development 55. “Development is a human right for all without discrimination” was the main theme of the global commemoration in 2011 of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development. My Office completed a far-reaching programme of activities in 2011 in this context. Landmark statements were adopted by bodies across the United Nations system, and new civil society partners mobilized in support for the right to development. 56. The anniversary events concluded with a call for a resolute transition from theory to action, and highlighted the persistent challenges to the meaningful realization of the right to development, on which there is a need to find principled common ground. We must also work to enlarge the organized constituency in support of the right to development within civil society, and to promote mainstreaming and human rights-based policy coherence in the global partnership for development. 2. Human rights and development 57. My Office has stepped up its engagement with United Nations, national and civil society partners in order to strengthen accountability for realizing the Millennium Development Goals and ensure that human rights are central to the post-2015 development agenda. 58. OHCHR continued to support the Resident Coordinator system, including through the provision of advice to United Nations country teams, to further mainstream human rights and assist follow-up to the recommendations stemming from the universal periodic review and other human rights mechanisms. OHCHR also coordinated the work of a human rights mainstreaming mechanism. Many agencies are actively collaborating under this mechanism to further institutionalize mainstreaming efforts in the United Nations operational activities for development, and enhance more systematic engagement with its human rights mechanisms. There is a strong commitment among the United Nations leadership – at Headquarters and in countries – to ensure that a human rights-based approach is a key guiding principle of United Nations programming. 3. Poverty 59. Combating poverty and protecting and promoting human rights remain important priorities for OHCHR. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 15/19, my Office carried out extensive consultations on the progress report on draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights of the Special Rapporteur on the question of extreme poverty and human rights (A/HRC/15/41). An analytical compilation of the submissions received will be presented to the Council and should guide the Special Rapporteur in concluding her work. My Office has continued to support Member States in developing human rights indicators using OHCHR methodology and in integrating human rights into national development planning and budget processes in such countries as Ecuador, Kenya, 10

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