A/HRC/9/10 page 6 10. In its general comments and concluding observations, the Committee has emphasized the need for international cooperation. As an illustration, general comment No. 14 on the human right to adequate health emphasizes individual and joint obligations of Government relating to the control of disease, and the physical and economic accessibility and affordability of essential medicines. It also stipulates that the United Nations specialized agencies, the World Bank, regional development banks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) should cooperate effectively with States parties in this respect. 11. Collective obligations are also central to the interpreting of the nature and scope of international legal obligations under article 4 of Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which deals with international cooperation. The general comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child affirm that parties take upon themselves obligations not only to implement it within their jurisdiction, but also to contribute, through international cooperation, to global implementation. The Committee further emphasized that “international cooperation” entails international development and financial cooperation, including international cooperation to support States in fulfilling their obligations under the Convention, and to ensure that international organizations including the World Bank, IMF and the WTO give primary consideration to the full implementation of the Convention.2 12. International cooperation is also a core theme in the Declaration on the Right to Development adopted in 1986. Articles 3 and 4 stipulate that States have a duty to cooperate with each other in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development and recognize the obligation of States to take steps, individually and collectively, to formulate international development policies with a view to facilitating the full realization of the right to development. The former independent expert on the right to development, in his reports, has pointed out the primary responsibilities of States to ensure the right to development, but also stated that it cannot be achieved without other members of the international community, including other States and international organizations, what he refers to as “contingent obligations”. He included in these “contingent obligations”, eliminating “obstacles” and cooperating in trade, debt, finance, technology transfer, and development assistance. He augmented this reasoning by suggesting the idea of “development compacts”, where cooperation may be required to achieve the complete realization of a human right. The Millennium Development Goals could be viewed as a form of a development compact, where Governments and international organizations have coalesced behind the realization of these goals by 2015. Millennium Development Goal 8 makes explicit mention of a “global partnership for development”, covering targets regarding aid, debt, trade and transfer of technologies. The seven Millennium Development Goals and their targets can only be achieved pursuing international cooperation implicit in the concept of a “global partnership for development”. scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author (E/C.12/GC/17, para. 38), CESCR general comment No. 18, The right to work (E/C.12/GC/18, para. 29). 2 CRC/GC/2003/5, paras 1-12, 60-4.