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(c)
That the Working Group will take into account all resolutions on the right to
development, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 9/3, 36/9 of 28 September 2017
and 39/9;
(d)
That the Working Group will invite the Special Rapporteur on the right to
development, in consultation with Member States, to provide his views on the work of the
Working Group and its relevant agenda items, to its twenty-first session;
(e)
That the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group, at its twenty-first session,
will present a draft legally binding instrument on the basis of the discussions held during the
twentieth session of the Working Group and the resource material from its previous sessions,
for substantive negotiations on the draft legally binding instrument prepared;
(f)
That the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group will conduct further
consultations with all Member States, international organizations, the Special Rapporteur on
the right to development, the Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations agencies,
regional economic commissions and other relevant organizations on the elaboration of a draft
legally binding instrument, taking into account the discussions held at the twentieth session
of the Working Group, and the presentations made by the experts invited thereto;
(g)
That the Working Group, at its twenty-first session, will commence the
elaboration of a draft legally binding instrument on the right to development on the basis of
the draft prepared by the Chair-Rapporteur, through a collaborative process of engagement;
21.
Welcomes the work of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee in the
preparation of a research-based report on the importance of a legally binding instrument on
right to development, and looks forward to the presentation of that report to the Council at
its forty-fifth session;
22.
Decides to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special
Rapporteur on the right to development, in accordance with the terms set out by the Human
Rights Council in its resolution 33/14 of 29 September 2016;
23.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to give high priority
to the right to development, to pursue further work in this area in full cooperation with the
Special Rapporteur in his various activities, and to continue to provide the Special Rapporteur
with all the assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of his mandate;
24.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and to assist the Special
Rapporteur in his tasks, to supply all necessary information requested by the mandate holder,
where available, and to consider responding favourably to his requests to visit their countries
to enable him to fulfil his mandate effectively;
25.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to participate in relevant international
dialogues and policy forums relating to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including
the high-level political forum on sustainable development, financing for development,
climate change and disaster risk reduction with a view to enhance the integration of the right
to development in these forums and dialogues, and requests Member States, international
organizations, United Nations agencies, regional economic commissions and other relevant
organizations to facilitate the meaningful participation of the Special Rapporteur in these
forums and dialogues;
26.
Invites the Special Rapporteur to provide advice to States, international
financial and economic institutions and other relevant entities, the corporate sector and civil
society on measures to achieve the goals and targets relating to the means of implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for the full realization of the right to development;
27.
Decides to organize a biennial panel discussion on the right to development,
starting at its forty-fifth session, with the participation of Member States, relevant United
Nations bodies, agencies and other relevant stakeholders, requests the conference services to
make the biennial panel discussion fully accessible to persons with disabilities, including sign
language interpretation, and requests the Office of High Commissioner to prepare a report on
the panel discussion and to submit it to the Human Right Council at its forty-sixth session;
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