A/HRC/41/50 Budgets do not provide adequate resources and there is also a lack of adequate working facilities such as computers and means of transport; (f) Unilateral coercive measures imposed against some countries and their economies, especially those in situations of war or internal conflict, as is the case with the Syrian Arab Republic, come with disregard for the purposes and objectives of the 2030 Agenda and its Goals;19 (g) The adverse impact of illicit financial flows on the ability of States to mobilize domestic revenue, and the constraints imposed by investment treaty provisions on the ability of States to pursue industrial development policies;20 (h) The failure to include and protect vulnerable and marginalized persons, including persons living in poverty, minority groups, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, and to eliminate discrimination against them; (i) The continued economic sluggishness in developed countries, which reduces opportunities to implement development strategies through industrial policies, involuntary migration, climate change policies, rapid technological transformations and demographic growth.21 34. It is important to underline the general lack of knowledge of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals among the general public, and sometimes among governmental officials. 22 Information on the 2030 Agenda is often reserved for insiders, while the general public knows nothing about the Agenda or its content. The general lack of knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals also has a negative impact on the capacity, at the national and local levels, to address problems that societies face every day in relation to global issues, such as wars, structural poverty or mass migration. While members of the general public know that there is a need to address the various social emergencies, with no knowledge of the Agenda 2030, they remain unaware of the strategies that have been agreed at the international level to remove the causes of some of these emergencies. It is not easy to understand whether the lack of knowledge is due to a lack of political will or a simple underestimation of the potential of this global and universal Agenda. A global communication effort to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals should be prioritized, for example, the Goals should be systematically linked with the issues and emergencies the world faces every day. This would allow people to feel hopeful that there is an international plan and a set of measures, based on a global consensus, designed to overcome the crises affecting countries and societies. B. Positive practices 35. Many models of established or prospective practices have already been tested and fully documented. One example of a human rights community development project is a bilateral programme between the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and the Human Rights Commission of New Zealand, which has a focus on three selected indigenous communities in the Philippines and counterpart Maori communities in New Zealand. The documentation produced as a result of the project illustrates the importance of peoples’ direct participation in their own development, and the fact that their local governments were fully engaged and involved shows the importance of effective governance, which is consistent with the principles of the right to development.23 19 20 21 22 23 Contribution from the Syrian Arab Republic. Bat-Erdene Ayush, “Realization of inclusive development and human rights under South-South cooperation”, paper collection prepared for the South-South Human Rights Forum. Vicente Yu, Deputy Executive Director of the South Centre, presentation given during the twentieth session of the Advisory Committee, 21 February 2018 (see A/HCR/AC/20/2). Contribution from the Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires, Kinshasa. See Virginia B. Dandan, “International solidarity, the right to development and the agents of change”. Human Rights Council panel on the way forward in the realization of the right to development: between policy and practice (Geneva, 14 September 2011). 11