A/HRC/36/35 responsibilities of all actors and prohibit, rather than perpetuate, global obstacles. Existing human rights norms provided a common set of standards and could be a useful yardstick for assessing policy coherence for sustainable development. 56. Mr. Wang considered eradicating poverty as the greatest global challenge, which was indispensable for sustainable development. In order to effectively achieve that goal, innovations in ideas, systems and action plans from the perspective of integrating poverty reduction, human rights and development were necessary. The value of eradicating poverty must be optimized based on the spirit of the right to development and constructing a pluralistic and adaptable poverty reduction action model, which could be chosen by any country, was crucial. He suggested eight action models. Regarding the reform of the poverty governance system, he suggested five steps that the United Nations and the international community should take, emphasizing that the legal principles and the legal rights and obligations relating to poverty reduction should be taken into account. 57. Ms. Oumarou Ibrahim drew attention to the serious challenges that Africa faced in terms of climate change and gave the example of impacts in the Lake Chad basin, at the heart of the Sahel. Impacts on the environment and on people were terrible. The adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 was not enough; people needed real and concrete action; real rain and real climate protection. While development was a fundamental right, it should not be at any price. Indigenous peoples needed their land, natural resources and rivers for their daily living and livelihoods. Sustainable development should respect the environment and the peoples who depended on it. Investment in technological development was being made to the detriment of development in health and education. Respect for indigenous rights could also be a positive factor for tourism. Indigenous peoples were demanding that all partners, in both the public and private sectors, make clear commitments to include indigenous peoples in all development programmes. The inclusion of indigenous peoples in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals would be an essential strategy for States to adopt as it would ensure that no one is left behind. Putting forward economic and pragmatic arguments to highlight the benefits that could be obtained by implementing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was necessary to show that indigenous peoples were part of the solution. Providing them with the space to get their voices heard would enable them to play an effective role in sustainable development. 58. Mr. Jazairy highlighted that unilateral coercive measures went against the spirit of the Declaration on the Right to Development, article 7 of which provides that the resources released by effective disarmament measures be used for comprehensive development, particularly in developing countries, and article 3 asserts that States have a duty to cooperate with each other in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development. General Assembly resolutions 2625 (XXV) and 3281 (XXIX) and Human Rights Council resolution 33/14 recognized the international responsibilities of States to cooperate with each other to create conditions favourable and eliminate obstacles to the realization of the right to development. Unilateral coercive measures constituted exogenous obstacles to the right to development and undermined the attainment of equal opportunities. The Security Council monitored the human rights impact of its sanctions and adjusted them as necessary, but no similar systematic review and adjustment was done for unilateral coercive measures. Furthermore, many instruments, including the 2030 Agenda, were ambiguous or vague in the prohibition of unilateral coercive measures, while people were dying from the impacts of the denial of some of their entitlements under the right to development. There was consensus that joint international action was needed to address the adverse human rights impact of unilateral coercive measures. In the context of the right to development, priority consideration should be given to stopping the adoption, maintenance or implementation of all unilateral coercive measures that could undermine the basic entitlements — eliminating poverty and hunger, ensuring healthy lives, inclusive and equitable quality education and gender equality — which were the key components of the right to development. 59. In the ensuing discussion, the representatives of Chile, the Non-Aligned Movement, China, Pakistan, South Africa, Ecuador, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela took the floor, followed by the representatives of Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII and International-Lawyers.Org. Many interventions 14