A/HRC/8/9 page 6 Declaration and broaden consensus on the critical importance of aid effectiveness and development results. The links between aid effectiveness and the right to development were explored during the third and fourth sessions of the high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development. The main challenge identified by the task force is for donors and creditors to improve aid relationships within the framework of the international human rights obligations, with particular emphasis on ensuring that aid efficiency is not at the expense of its effectiveness in achieving gender equality, poverty reduction and human rights, in particular, the right to development. In this context and building upon the work of the high-level task force and the Working Group on the Right to Development, OHCHR has gradually been forging informal partnerships with relevant international development institutions and United Nations agencies with a view to integrating a perspective of human rights, including the right to development in particular, in the aid effectiveness agenda. 16. In this regard, OHCHR also participated in a two-day workshop in London, held on 12 and 13 March 2008, hosted by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on “Strengthening the development results and impacts of the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness through work on gender equality, social exclusion and human rights”. The workshop’s objectives were to consolidate evidence and good practice emerging from the implementation of the partnership commitments of the Paris Declaration to achieve social inclusion, human rights, environmental sustainability and gender equality and to identify key political messages and actionable commitments for the Accra Action Agenda. E. Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction 17. OHCHR continued to work closely with development partners at the international and national levels to explore how human rights, including the right to development, can support Member States’ efforts to achieve inclusive development processes and equitable and sustainable poverty reduction outcomes. OHCHR continued to develop a conceptual framework to assess poverty reduction strategies from a human rights perspective which should contribute to further operationalizing the links between human rights and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. A draft publication on the Millennium Development Goals and human rights is under preparation to be launched in 2008, which is aimed at promoting a wider understanding among development practitioners and policymakers, on the linkages between the MDGs and human rights, including the close relationship between Goal 8 and the right to development. OHCHR also contributed to other United Nations agencies’ work and publications on MDGs and poverty reduction strategies, emphasizing how both international and national responsibilities are critical for poverty reduction. F. Globalization, trade and good governance 18. Exploring the impact of trade policies on the realization of human rights could contribute to the integration of the promotion and protection of the right to development in global development partnerships, including trade agreements. OHCHR continued its analytical and advocacy work on issues relating to globalization, trade and good governance, including a study of the relationship between trade, globalization and human rights, specifically in the areas of liberalization of trade in services, foreign direct investment, and trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights.