A/HRC/29/45 the World Programme for Human Rights Education 10 or the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training11 in order to develop a culture of peace. 53. Support was expressed for the proposal of several delegations to include wording from the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities12 and the Declaration of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.13 Some were of the view that the inclusion of language from the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action would emphasize that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance may, inter alia, endanger international peace and security. 54. A proposal was made to include wording on the elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction as a means to contribute positively to the pursuit of durable and sustainable world peace. 55. Representatives of non-governmental organizations, speaking during the first reading, endorsed the preamble to the draft declaration, stressed the importance of reaching consensus and urged States to engage constructively in the debates with a view to finalizing and adopting the text at the end of the session. They stated that peace was not just the absence of violence, and generally welcomed proposals made by States that aimed to define the notion of the right to peace broadly and positively. They added that a clear reference to the right to peace should be included in the text. 56. In order to emphasize the importance of the draft declaration, it was also suggested that a separate paragraph referencing exclusively the Universal Declaration of Human Rights be included in the text. Another suggestion was made that more references to international, regional and local human rights instruments be included throughout the preamble. B. Article 1 57. Before proceeding to consideration of article 1 of the revised text, the ChairpersonRapporteur explained that the article was grounded in the three pillars of the United Nations. It followed that everyone should be entitled to enjoy peace and security, human rights and development. In this case, entitlement was used to refer to the guarantee of access of every human being to the benefits derived from the three pillars, which ought to be interpreted as an aspiration, an obligation or a privilege to which every human being should have access for the full enjoyment of a life in dignity and without war, violence, intolerance or conflict. 58. The Chairperson-Rapporteur clarified that the revised text drew on, inter alia, elements that the Human Rights Council had regarded as fundamental for building the right to peace. In particular, he had taken into consideration the elements that the Council had included in the operative paragraphs of resolutions 14/3 (2010), 17/16 (2011) and 20/15 (2012) on the right of peoples to peace. He had also taken into account the diverse positions expressed, and recalled that delegations today bore responsibility for finding agreements and for adopting a declaration. 59. Several delegations stated that, given the mandate of working group, an explicit reference to the right to peace was necessary, while others opposed such a reference, 10 11 12 13 See General Assembly resolution 59/113. General Assembly resolution 66/137. General Assembly resolution 47/135, annex. See A/CONF.189/12. 11