A/HRC/27/45 48. The full text of general statements made available to the secretariat is posted on the OHCHR website (www.ohchr.org). B. Inter-sessional meeting and informal consultations by the Chair 49. The Chair-Rapporteur reported4 on the informal inter-sessional meeting of the Working Group, which was held on 3 and 4 April 2014 in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 24/4. She also reported on the informal consultations she had held with coordinators of regional and political groups, United Nations system organizations and intergovernmental bodies, as well as non-governmental organizations, in preparation for the informal inter-sessional meeting of the Working Group and its fifteenth session. 50. The main issue discussed was how to most effectively utilize the time should the Working Group complete the first reading of the criteria and operational subcriteria before the end of its fifteenth session. Groups of States representing developing countries had proposed that, in line with its mandate to consider, revise and refine the draft right to development criteria and corresponding operational subcriteria, the Group should proceed with the second reading. Others stated that the measurability element must first be clarified. 51. Some concerns raised related to the overall orientation of the Working Group and whether the review exercise was expedient for elaborating a legally binding instrument, and in that context a broader discussion had been proposed on how best to achieve the ultimate goal. There had also been a suggestion that the Working Group should consider adopting a position on the right to development for incorporation in the post-2015 development agenda. 52. During consultations with NGOs, the importance of addressing the problem of unilateral coercive measures was underlined. Ways needed to be found to integrate youth concerns more concretely into the draft right to development criteria, and modalities established to enable indigenous peoples to participate in the work of the Working Group on an equal basis. 53. With respect to the inter-sessional meeting, the Chair-Rapporteur reported that, at the outset of the meeting, she had underlined the need for the Group to bear in mind its larger mandate when carrying out the specific task entrusted to it for the fifteenth session. In its resolution 4/4 and in subsequent resolutions, the Human Rights Council had decided that, once considered, revised and endorsed, the criteria and subcriteria should be used, as appropriate, in the elaboration of a comprehensive and coherent set of right to development standards for the implementation of the right to development, and that the Working Group should take appropriate steps for ensuring respect for and the application of those standards, which could take various forms, including guidelines on the implementation of the right to development, and evolve into a basis for consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature through a collaborative process of engagement. 54. The Working Group’s original mandate in Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/72 was to monitor progress on the implementation of the right to development, as elaborated in the Declaration on the Right to Development, at the national and international levels, provide recommendations and further analyse obstacles to its enjoyment. 55. Several proposals had been made with a view to improving the effectiveness of work at the fifteenth session, but no agreement had been reached. Many developing country 4 The Chair-Rapporteur’s oral report on the informal inter-sessional meeting of the Working Group is available from www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/15thSession.aspx. 13