A/HRC/4/WG.2/TF/2 page 6 20. The observer for China, in welcoming the meeting and continued progress on the mandate, referred to the importance of operationalizing the right to development, and paraphrased the new Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, by saying that the true measure of success of the United Nations is not how much is promised, but how much is delivered to the ones who are most in need. 21. The observer for Algeria made a statement on behalf of the African Group, adhering to the statement on behalf of NAM, welcoming the session, stating the need for concrete results, and the implementation of a genuine partnership. He concluded with a pledge of the African Group’s full support to the proceedings of the task force. 22. The observer for South Africa associated himself with the statement on behalf of the African Group, India and China. He said that, in efforts to find an answer to the question why development partnerships were not delivering to those for whom these partnerships were created, it was important to maintain a focus on Africa. In conclusion, he called for an open and frank discussion during the deliberations. 23. The UNDP representative stated that the realization of many global commitments needs to be supported by additional resources and demands accountability, management for development results, transparent processes and strategic partnerships. He also pointed out that due to increases in aid, allocations need to be aligned to national policy, planning and budgeting cycles. Regarding UNDP’s objective to enable countries to articulate and implement nationally defined MDG-based development strategies, he highlighted different constraints in scaling up aid and identified its role to facilitate the donor recipient country relationship, as well as support for national capacity-building. Relying on the right-to-development criteria, he noted the need for significant reduction in trade-distorting domestic support in OECD countries. He also mentioned that special and differential treatment should also provide developing countries with necessary policy flexibilities in addressing important development challenges. 24. The World Bank representative spoke on recent trends within the institution, which is demonstrating an ever-increasing interest in exploring and elaborating links between development and human rights, including the right to development. He referred to a recent World Bank publication, Development Outreach, on the theme of development and human rights, as well as to the endorsement by its general counsel of a legal opinion by his predecessor concerning human rights. He further mentioned that the World Bank’s senior management is actively reflecting on the question of how Bank policy could be rendered more effective, and be focused more towards the principles underpinning the right to development. He also referred to the recent establishment of a Justice and Human Rights Trust Fund, a joint initiative by the World Bank and Nordic countries to fund Bank-related activities on human rights. In conclusion, he expressed hope that the process of awareness-raising among World Bank professionals would continue and intensify and that the criteria might in the future be applied to Bank initiatives. II. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS 25. The task force agreed to focus on each of the three partnerships selected for consideration, with presentations made by representatives of the relevant institutions involved and comments made by members of the task force, followed by a discussion that included