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towards a global partnership for development that takes into consideration the right to
development,
Taking note of the commitment declared by a number of United Nations specialized
agencies, funds and programmes and other international organizations to make the right to
development a reality for all and, in this regard, encouraging all relevant bodies of the
United Nations system and other international organizations to mainstream the right to
development into their objectives, policies, programmes and operational activities, as well
as in development and development-related processes, including the follow-up to the
Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the thirteenth session
of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20), the quadrennial comprehensive policy
review, and the post 2015 development agenda,
Taking note also of the summary of the panel discussion of the Human Rights
Council on the theme, “The way forward in the realization of the right to development:
between policy and practice”2 and of the report of the 2011 Social Forum, 3 which focused
on the right to development,
Stressing the primary responsibility of States for the creation of national and
international conditions favourable to the realization of the right to development,
Recalling that 2011 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the
Right to Development and, in this regard, expressing its appreciation of the efforts made by
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in commemorating
the anniversary, including by holding and co-organizing side events and panel discussions
and launching outreach activities for the promotion of the realization of the right to
development,
Stressing that, in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, the
Assembly decided that the responsibility of the High Commissioner shall be, among others,
to promote and protect the realization of the right to development and to enhance support
from relevant bodies of the United Nations system for that purpose,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General and the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development, 4 which
contains a summary of the activities undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner
with regard to the promotion and realization of the right to development, including in
commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to
Development;
2.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the
Human Rights Council an annual report on its activities, including on inter-agency
coordination within the United Nations system with regard to the promotion and realization
of the right to development;
3.
Takes note of the efforts under way in the framework of the Working Group
on the Right to Development, with a view to completing the tasks entrusted to it by the
Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4, in fulfilment of the Working Group’s mandate
as established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1998/72 of 22 April
1998;
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A/HRC/19/39.
A/HRC/19/70.
A/HRC/19/45.
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