A/HRC/8/WG.2/TF/2 page 6 E. Documentation 14. The task force had before it a number of pre-session and background documents to inform its deliberations (see annex III). F. Statements by institutional members and observers 15. The World Bank representative reiterated that while the Bank has no formal position on the right to development, it supports the right to development criteria, welcomes their progressive development into operational tools and endorses the principles underlying the Declaration on the Right to Development. She also provided examples of synergies between the criteria and World Bank activities, including a research project on human rights indicators, the Bank’s co-chairing of the Human Rights Task Team of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC), the Human Rights Impact Assessment Tool developed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the proposed Human Rights Trust Fund Initiative. The representative suggested that the further refinement of the right to development criteria focus on identifying their practical benefits and explaining in empirical terms how human rights benefit the development processes and outcomes. 16. The UNDP representative expressed interest in the efforts to include human rights, and specifically the right to development, more systematically within the partnerships set up to contribute to achieve the MDGs. UNDP’s work in the area of MDG 8, included the co-chairing of the United Nations MDG Gap Task Force and a project with the Overseas Development Institute of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development to map MDG 8 impact at a country level and define indicators for MDG 8. The right to development criteria have revealed many relevant insights, but need to be refined. The task force can explore whether it is relevant to assess the Doha Development Round of WTO negotiations, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC) and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. 17. The UNCTAD representative expressed support for the work of the task force in the refinement of the criteria, noting the importance of this task for the purpose of building on the consensus that had been achieved within the Working Group at its last session. 18. While noting that it does not have a human rights mandate, the IMF representative stated that the Fund’s objectives of promoting high levels of employment and macroeconomic stability contribute to an agenda that fosters human rights. 19. The WTO representative referred to the challenges facing the Doha Round development agenda and debates within the WTO surrounding Aid for Trade and highlighted the WTO’s intention to continue its dialogue with the task force and the Working Group. 20. In a statement on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and China, the observer for Cuba reiterated NAM’s call for the elevation of the right to development to the same level as all other human rights and its operationalization, including the elaboration of an internationally