A/HRC/41/50 58. South-South cooperation opens up new opportunities for developing countries to eradicate poverty and to achieve development. South-South cooperation is an important channel for developing countries in their aim for self-reliance and social progress. Mutual understanding and cooperation among developing countries, attaching importance to the universal realization of the right to development, should be focused on the creation of appropriate conditions for the promotion of development and the full enjoyment of human rights. B. Recommendations 59. The United Nations mechanisms, OHCHR and all stakeholders should play an increasing role in promoting the common development of all countries, in particular: (a) The General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Human Rights Council should attach due importance to the constructive consideration of the right to development and development issues and their visibility; (b) OHCHR should promote, on an equal footing, the realization of development with a human rights-based approach in all countries, and the protection of human rights with a development-based approach, and work towards capacitybuilding and improving the conditions for the enjoyment of human rights in all countries, including on the basis of coordination between agencies within the United Nations system that have direct relevance to the enjoyment of human rights in the context of the right to development, as outlined by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 39/9 on the right to development; (c) When dealing with thematic and country issues, the human rights special procedures and treaty bodies should take into account and be guided by the concept of the “level of national development” and development statistics of the relevant United Nations development agencies. 60. In accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, all States have the same obligations and responsibilities for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and should make the same efforts to achieve the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and various other international human rights instruments, without discrimination or distinction. 61. At the same time, since different countries have different levels of economic and social development, there are certain material obstacles and conditional restrictions that impede the realization of human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights, and especially in developing countries. All countries should be involved in striving for development. The eradication of extreme poverty should be the priority in order to create better conditions for the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in all countries. 62. The United Nations should continue to attach appropriate importance to providing assistance to developing countries in the context of their specific challenges in the protection of human rights. 63. Achieving national development for the better promotion and protection of human rights should be a goal for Governments in their development planning. The United Nations agencies, especially those responsible for development and human rights, should make their practical contributions to the protection of human rights in all countries, in order to achieve universal development, eliminate human rights violations and provide conditions for respecting human rights. 64. At the current stage of evaluating different scopes, mechanisms and frames of developmental discourse, the incremental focus on the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights within the implementation of the right to development can be strengthened through: (a) Increasing conceptual clarity and methodological consistency and promoting a positive institutional experience, particularly with regard to the highlevel task force on the implementation of the right to development. Lessons learned 17