A/HRC/RES/26/27 Welcoming also the outcome document “The future we want” of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,2 Notes the convening of the climate summit on 23 September 2014 by the SecretaryGeneral aimed at mobilizing action and ambition in relation to climate change, Recalling the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Recognizing that human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development, and that the right to development must be fulfilled so as to meet the development and environmental needs of present and future generations, Recognizing also the challenges of climate change to development and to the progress made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular with regard to the goals on the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, environmental sustainability and health, Acknowledging that, as stated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and their social and economic conditions, Acknowledging also that, as stated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development in an integrated manner with a view to avoiding adverse impact on the latter, taking into full account the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty, Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, Reaffirming also that it is the primary responsibility of States to promote and protect human rights; Recalling the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the relationship between climate change and human rights,3 the panel discussion on the relationship between climate change and human rights, held on 15 June 2009, at the eleventh session of the Human Rights Council, and the 2010 Social Forum, which focused on the relationship between climate change and human rights,4 Welcoming the convening of the seminar by the Office of the High Commissioner on 23 and 24 February 2012 on addressing the adverse impact of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights, and recalling its summary report thereon,5 Emphasizing that the adverse effects of climate change have a range of implications, both direct and indirect, for the effective enjoyment of human rights, including, inter alia, the right to life, the right to adequate food, the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the right to adequate housing, the right to self-determination, the right to 2 3 4 5 2 General Assembly resolution 66/288, annex. A/HRC/10/61. See A/HRC16/62 and Corr.1. A/HRC/20/7.

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