A/HRC/21/45 standard of living and to be free from hunger (art. 11), to the enjoyment of physical and mental health (art. 12) and to education (art. 13). 19. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women contain many relevant provisions. With regard to gender discrimination and gender mainstreaming, the Independent Expert will explore the implications of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women‘s general recommendation No. 23 (1997) on women in political and public life. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees provide additional perspectives relevant to the present mandate. 20. The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of 1993 commits States to ―an international order based on the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, including promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all and respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, peace, democracy, justice, equality, rule of law, pluralism, development, better standards of living and solidarity‖. The United Nations Millennium Declaration of 2000 proclaimed: ―We will spare no effort to promote democracy and strengthen the rule of law as well as respect for all internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development‖ (para. 24). The Millennium Development Goals reaffirm these commitments, in particular to end extreme poverty and promote universal education and gender equality.5 The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, in August/September 2001, adopted the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, reaffirmed in the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, adopted on 24 April 2009, and in the declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, proclaimed by the Assembly in its resolution 66/3. 21. Particularly relevant to resolution 18/6 are General Assembly resolutions 3201 (SVI) on the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 2625 (XXV) on friendly relations and 3314 (XXIX) on the definition of aggression, and more immediately resolution 65/223, in which the General Assembly affirms that a democratic and equitable international order requires the realization of, inter alia, the right of peoples to self-determination, permanent sovereignty over natural resources, development and peace. 22. The mandate holder will build on the studies already conducted by the Commission on Human Rights, by the Human Rights Council and its Advisory Committee, including the Advisory Committee report on enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights (A/HRC/AC/8/3), as well as by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, including those of the Special Rapporteur Awn Shawkat AlKhasawneh, tasked with preparing a study on the human rights dimensions of population transfers, which identify numerous gross violations of democracy and equity that accompany every form of ―ethnic cleansing‖,6 and the final report of Special Rapporteur 5 6 See also Bertrand Ramcharan, Contemporary Human Rights Ideas, Global Institutions Series (2008), especially chapters 5 to 7 (Equality, Democracy, and Development); and Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty (2005). Harvard‘s Program on Human Rights in Development under the directorship of Stephen Marks has made outstanding contributions to an understanding of the correlation between development and human rights (see www.hsph.harvard.edu/phrd/). See, in particular, the 1997 report, including a 13-point declaration (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/23 and 9