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and respecting the core principles of non-discrimination, inclusion and participation,
transparency and accountability. States, acting individually and collectively as duty bearers,
had the primary responsibility to their citizens as rights holders to guarantee that the right to
development was realized.
41.
Speakers emphasized that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals would
require action by all stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector. Looking
ahead, the international community must promote a model of sustainable development
which was inclusive and collaborative and which respected and promoted the realization of
all human rights, ensuring that no one was left behind. In practice, that meant strengthening
the United Nations human rights mechanisms and better integrating human rights principles
with development efforts. By adopting the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the international
community had committed to financing the 2030 Agenda and to not leaving anyone behind,
with significant implications for human rights. The 2030 Agenda would be achieved only if
goals were not politicized. The international community needed to eradicate extreme
poverty and implement inclusive growth.
42.
Speakers stressed the view that the right to development was a comprehensive right
that was mutually interdependent on all other rights. To eliminate obstacles to the reform of
the political-economic order, the right to development must be recognized as an inalienable
right. The 2030 Agenda had been inspired by the Declaration and the obligations therein
must be implemented in the spirit of common and shared responsibilities. Human rights
mechanisms must give due priority to the realization of the right to development.
International cooperation played an essential role in the realization of the right to
development and it was therefore crucial to establish a favourable external environment for
its realization.
43.
A speaker recalled that long before the adoption of the Declaration, the issue of
development had already been high on the African agenda. The development of African
people rested with African States, and cooperating with each other was necessary to
eliminate obstacles to development. Long-term progress towards the implementation of the
right to development required effective development policies at the national level, but also
needed equitable economic relations and a favourable economic environment at the
international level. The international community should also acknowledge its duty to
promote effective international cooperation for the realization of the right to development
and work constructively towards the elimination of obstacles to development.
44.
The Human Rights Council must analyse ways and means for the effective
realization of the right to development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda. Thirty years
after the adoption of the Declaration, the discussion on whether development was a right
must be overcome and attention must turn to the implementation of the obligations under
the Declaration. The unanimous adoption of the 2030 Agenda was a crucial step forward in
the recognition and realization of the right to development and of all human rights for all
human beings in all countries. The 2030 Agenda and the Declaration were based on the
principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The right to development was a
fundamental right which embodied all other rights, and its universal applicability meant that
all States were equally responsible for its implementation.
45.
A speaker noted that the current model of development was not sustainable and that
collective action by all economies was necessary to reactivate growth, particularly in
developing countries, while threats such as inequality, insecurity and lack of peace must be
addressed. Respect for the right to development should be expressed in terms of support
and assistance, including through multilateral channels, to many countries to promote their
development. Several speakers stressed that States had the right and the duty to formulate
appropriate national development policies that suited their concrete political, economic,
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