A/HRC/15/23 recommended by the task force, could provide a good opportunity to consider the relevance of existing instruments, thus allowing the Working Group to achieve a possible consensus towards a legally-binding instrument. Any progress in standard-setting had to involve all stakeholders through consultation. Costa Rica noted that the right to development was complementary to economic, social and cultural rights, and reaffirmed its commitment to a legally-binding instrument. Supportive of the recommendations of the task force, it believed that the criteria could serve as a good basis for discussion, particularly those relating to sustainable development. 14. The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the fact that health and development complemented each other. The WHO Constitution defined health in its broadest terms, including “social well-being”, and viewed it as a fundamental human right. WHO valued its cooperation with the task force, and concurred that the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, as described in the task force report, aimed to promote new thinking on innovation and access to medicines. The strategy resembled the rights-based approach to access to knowledge, innovation and health technology. A comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework based upon a set of indicators was being developed for the Strategy and Plan. In this context, WHO looked forward to contributing to the efforts of the Working Group. 15. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation welcomed the qualitative outcome of the task force work, including the criteria, which offered a substantial frame of reference for the evaluation of the right to development and from which reporting templates could be derived. The criteria and sub-criteria were more balanced in terms of substance, but skewed towards national responsibilities in terms of numbers. The representative of the Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition, the International Council for Human Rights and the Indian Council for South America supported a legally-binding instrument on the right to development that addressed the situation of indigenous peoples and the right to selfdetermination. The Centre Europe – Tiers Monde noted that any steps taken at the national level with regard to the right to development could be negated by decisions taken by international financial institutions and transnational corporations, which were not regulated. Cercle de recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne humaine quoted figures relating to wealth disparities in countries and life expectancy gaps between the North and South. The human rights-based approach should include moral and spiritual principles, including solidarity, if it was to lead to equity and the fair distribution of wealth. B. Review of progress in the implementation of the right to development 16. The Chairperson-Rapporteur of the high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development, Stephen Marks, expressed his gratitude to the experts and institutional members of the task force for the accomplishments in the implementation of its mandate. He also thanked the partner institutions for their excellent collaboration during the technical missions and for their willingness to integrate the right to development into their work, citing encouraging examples where practice had actually been altered in response to representations made by the task force. He explained that the main report contained a review of the work conducted at the sixth session and suggestions for further action, while the addenda contained a consolidation of main findings of the task force over the past five years of its mandate and the proposed set of criteria and operational sub-criteria. 1. Consideration of the report of the high-level task force 17. The Chairperson-Rapporteur of the task force presented the report of the task force on its sixth session (A/HRC/15/WG.2/TF/2 and Corr.1). The report contained a summary of the deliberations on the final phase of the review of global partnerships in the areas of 6 GE.10-14167