A/HRC/7/78
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Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1 entitled “Institution-building of the United Nations
Human Rights Council” and 5/2 entitled “Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council”, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the
mandate-holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with these resolutions and their
annexes,
Recalling also the importance, in view of the promotion and protection of international
solidarity, of the declarations and programmes of action of international conferences such as the
World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993, the International Conference on
Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002, the United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, the World Summit
on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002, and the
World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Japan, in 2005,
Reaffirming that the widening gap between economically developed and developing
countries is unsustainable and that it impedes the realization of human rights in the international
community, and makes it all the more imperative for every nation, according to its capacities, to
make the maximum effort possible to close this gap,
Recognizing that the attention paid to the importance of international solidarity as a vital
component of the efforts of developing countries towards the realization of the right to
development of their peoples and the promotion of the full enjoyment of economic, social and
cultural rights by everyone has been insufficient,
1.
Decides to extend the mandate of the independent expert on human rights and
international solidarity for a period of three years:
(a) To promote the realization of the right of peoples and individuals to international
solidarity, inter alia, through the further development of guidelines, standards, norms and
principles enhancing the enjoyment of this fundamental right and the adoption of measures at the
regional and international levels, to promote and consolidate international assistance to
developing countries in their endeavours in development and the promotion of conditions that
make the full realization of all human rights possible;
(b) To seek views and contributions from Governments, United Nations agencies, other
relevant international organizations and non-governmental organizations in the discharge of
his/her mandate, taking into account the outcomes of all major United Nations and other global
summits and ministerial meetings in the economic and social fields;
(c) To examine ways and means of overcoming existing and emerging obstacles to the
realization of the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity;
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