A/HRC/41/50 Government sought to, inter alia, mainstream human rights and promote a human rightsbased approach to national development policies and plans. 31 41. In Kenya, in an attempt to achieve education for all, the Government developed a policy framework for nomadic education in the country, and to increase employment opportunities and reduce poverty, it is focused on implementing the National Employment Policy and Strategy approved by Parliament in 2015, a programme to train female engineers, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Vision 2030 and the first and second medium-term plans.32 42. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, within a policy to build a State that upholds the rule of law, the Government is implementing the Legal Sector Master Plan on the Development of the Rule of Law, creating a conducive and enabling legal environment for better enjoyment of human rights by the population. The Government made poverty reduction a priority in the seventh national socioeconomic development plan. In particular, it aims to graduate from its status as a least developed country by 2020.33 43. The Government of Denmark launched a national action plan on the Sustainable Development Goals in March 2017, in which it listed how it intends to pursue and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Danish Institute for Human Rights has entered into partnerships with numerous stakeholders, notably the Danish International Development Agency, to implement a number of programmes to promote a human rightsbased approach to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Institute has issued a number of documents linking human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, for instance, a paper on the Goals and human rights monitoring. 34 44. In the Syrian Arab Republic, efforts have been made to alleviate the consequences of war and restore safety and stability in large parts of the country. The Government is working on creating conditions to re-establish development paths, and it has started to work on post-crisis national development programmes, focusing on social justice, human rights, social cohesion and belonging, increasing participation in development and enjoyment of its benefits, promoting economic growth and sustaining development. 35 45. The concept of South-South cooperation in current development discourse emerged in the 1970s and was closely associated with the discourse surrounding the New International Economic Order, which was aimed at overcoming asymmetries and gaps inherited from previous decades and providing an alternative to the traditional North-South relationship. Despite numerous challenges in the 2000s, South-South cooperation has brought forth a new wave of optimism for innovative opportunities to encourage increased hemispheric partnerships and solidarity. This encouragement not only has a positive impact on economic and technological ties, but also on civil society issues. There is evidence of this increased level of partnership in the new groupings that have emerged across the South (see A/66/229), including Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP). 36 Under the framework of South-South cooperation, China has provided assistance and support to other developing countries to reduce poverty, improve people’s livelihoods and protect their right to survival 31 32 33 34 35 36 14 Contribution from the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance, United Republic of Tanzania. See also Anthony Kanyama, “The realization of the development right in South-South. Take examples on poverty reduction, health, education, employment”, paper collection prepared for the South-South Human Rights Forum. Kariuki Claries Gatwiri, “The realization of South-South development rights: a case study of Kenya”, paper collection prepared for the South-South Human Rights Forum. Vilayluck Seneduangdeth, “The realization of the rights to development with poverty alleviation, education, health and employment in case of the Lao PDR”, paper collection prepared for the SouthSouth Human Rights Forum. Contribution from the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Contribution from the Syrian Arab Republic. Mohammad Reza Ghaebi, “South-South cooperation and realization of the right of development: challenges and opportunities”, paper collection prepared for the South-South Human Rights Forum.