A/HRC/33/21 all human rights and that the role of the State had been fundamental in creating a farreaching set of rights, adding that it was time to translate words into deeds. 52. In their statements, representatives of non-governmental organizations said that the principles of the right to development were found in many instruments and yet remained aspirational and non-implementable. The efforts towards realizing the right to development must not exclude the right to equal participation and consent of indigenous peoples, including the right to say no to certain aspects of development. A speaker asked what measures the international community could propose to allow the Working Group on the Right to Development to overcome its impasse and achieve a binding international instrument. 53. Some speakers advocated the adoption of a binding international instrument on the right to development. Highlighting that the right to development was fundamental in meeting the challenges of our time, they called for the Human Rights Council to formally include the Declaration on the Right to Development in the International Bill of Human Rights. A speaker criticized the practice of some States that had refused to adopt the right to development and only spoke about basic services; other States refused to adopt domestic indicators to measure the right to development and only called for international cooperation. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the 2030 Agenda showed that the international community was able to overcome such obstacles. 54. A speaker pointed that the Declaration adhered to the founding human rights principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The right to development was universal and its implementation was necessary in all countries and in all regions in order to ensure that no one was left behind anywhere. It was affirmed in all its dimensions as an inalienable human right, addressing not only the symptoms but the underlying structural causes of poverty, inequality, injustice and discrimination. Both North-South and South-South cooperation were required for its realization. The lack of global awareness of the Declaration and its slow pace of implementation needed to be urgently addressed. The consensus from the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993, must be honoured with real progress at the Human Rights Council and in the Working Group on the Right to Development. 55. It was stated that the discussions on whether the right to development was a human right did not make the responsibilities of States any less prominent. Since there could be no human rights without addressing human needs, the right to development ought to be fully addressed. A speaker noted that the development of human rights needed a reliable and safe environment. For individuals, the best way to achieve their rights was through the rule of law and legal proceedings. 56. The results in the realization of the right to development were uneven, with many countries finding themselves in a situation of regression and many developing countries crushed under the burden of debt. Speakers expressed disappointment at the delay in the adoption of meaningful criteria and operational sub-criteria for the realization of the right to development in the Working Group on the Right to Development. C. Responses from panellists 57. The moderator summarized the questions asked during the two rounds of interactive discussion, commenting that most speakers had highlighted the fact that there could be no trade-off between different human rights. The role of both the national and international architecture was paramount to the success of the implementation of the right to development and a human rights-based approach seemed essential, while obstacles to its achievement were recognized. Speakers had raised the issue of including the Declaration on 12