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on Sustainable Development Goal 16+ on inclusion and human rights, held in Praia in
November 2018. In their conclusions, participants stressed the need to:
(a)
Support national bodies and institutions in the implementation of
recommendations on human rights, taking particular note of those accepted by States in the
context of the universal periodic review;
(b)
Create tools in Portuguese, such as a translation of the Universal Index of
Human Rights and the National Recommendations Tracking Database, and support
exchanges between Portuguese-speaking countries on the Sustainable Development Goals
and human rights through the raising of funds from national, regional and international
organizations;
(c)
Better direct existing funds within the United Nations system, as well as
ODA and commitments from the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International
Conference on Financing for Development, to the implementation of the recommendations
mentioned above;
(d)
Raise people’s awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, human
rights and inclusion, by engaging society in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
and Goal 16 in particular;
(e)
Support national actors in utilizing human rights commitments and
recommendations to prioritize national planning and budgeting processes relating to the
Sustainable Development Goals, including the identification of priority population groups
in line with the principle of “leaving no one behind”;
(f)
Promote an integrated approach to Human Rights and the Sustainable
Development Goals, for example by encouraging direct collaboration of the national
coordination bodies for reporting to the human rights mechanisms and voluntary national
reviews on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
(g)
Facilitate the exchange of good practices between countries with different
contexts and institutional capacities (showcase progress and commitment in reporting,
monitoring and implementing) and promote lessons learned between countries with similar
languages, including organizing more similar seminars.
65.
Participants also pointed out that:
(a)
Aligning national development plans with the Sustainable Development
Goals and human rights was not enough to ensure action, Governments needed to develop
action plans with clear identification of those responsible, proper budget allocations and
key benchmarks and timelines;
(b)
Lack of resources to address key issues around peace, justice and inclusion
was a significant barrier in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16.
66.
On behalf of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, Cabo Verde made
a declaration on 7 March 2019 in the Human Rights Council under agenda item 2, stressing
that having the promotion of human rights in its statute and the issue of development at the
centre of its activities, the Community, fully associated itself with the call for an integrated
approach to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the realization of all human rights
for all, without leaving anyone behind. In line with the conclusions of the Praia workshop,
the Community encouraged United Nations bodies, Member States and all actors to
redouble their efforts to build synergies between human rights and the Sustainable
Development Goals at all levels. It also saw the need for a general engagement in the
mobilization and proper use of the resources needed to implement the 2030 Agenda in the
perspective of human rights and also in an integrated approach to the different global
agendas, including, inter alia, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
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