UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/29 23 July 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Report of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development* Summary This report contains a summary of the activities undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights with regard to the implementation of the right to development. Particular attention is given to the activities in support of the open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development and the high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development, and other activities that could contribute to the implementation of the right to development. * Late submission. GE.09-14722 (E) 300709