A/HRC/33/21 goals that had been set. The 2030 Agenda had reinforced the duty to eradicate poverty and hunger, which were the biggest threats to the realization of the right to development. 26. Mr. Kanade said that it was indispensable to operationalize the right to development and that the only way forward for realistically implementing the Sustainable Development Goals as envisioned in the 2030 Agenda. That meant embedding the implementation of the Goals firmly within the normative framework provided by the Declaration. He offered specific scenarios for what that would entail. 27. In that context, focus should be placed not only on the outcomes that must result from the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, but equally on the processes through which those outcomes must be achieved. That included participation by all stakeholders as well as respecting the policy space of States and their people in determining and implementing their own development priorities. While Goal 17 focused on what was to be achieved, it was only by operationalizing the right to development that focus would be placed on how it was achieved as well. Additionally, operationalizing the right to development meant that development, in order to be sustainable, must not be seen as a charity, a privilege or an expression of generosity, but as a right of human beings everywhere. 28. All States were duty bearers with respect to the right to development. That duty extended to international decision-making, including at the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization. Thus, States would be failing in their obligations if they created international lending policies or multilateral trade rules that were unfavourable to the realization of the right to development. Goal 17 emphasized strengthening the means of implementation through a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development; it was an expression of the duty of States towards international cooperation, enshrined in the Declaration and in the Charter of the United Nations. 29. The operationalization of the right to development also required a comprehensive, multidimensional and holistic approach to development as a human right. That meant that all the Sustainable Development Goals must be aligned with human rights and promote their realization. Furthermore, no goal should be achieved at the cost of any human right, whether substantive or procedural. In that manner, the right to development ensured that there was no trade-off between rights. There was a need to go beyond a human rights-based approach to development, which focused on linking and aligning the objectives of development projects to specific human rights norms, standards and principles. Mr. Kanade argued that a right to development approach went further, making development itself a selfstanding human right. 30. Such an approach would require not only that recipients of international cooperation fulfilled their human rights obligations internally through accountable and transparent institutions, but also that donors were duty bound by human rights principles in providing financial or technical aid for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. That included ensuring that developing countries had the necessary policy space to define their own development priorities and their own mechanisms for implementing them; it also required ensuring that donors refrained from imposing conditions on financial and technical aid which violated national policy space and human rights. 31. Finally, it was important to ensure that the indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals and targets were compatible with the objective of making the right to development a reality for everyone. That included clear, quantifiable indicators for both national and international action, with appropriate benchmarks for each goal, particularly Goal 17. The Sustainable Development Goals should be seen as an expression by States of their individual and collective intention to fulfil their obligations under the Declaration. In 7