A/HRC/27/45 corruption, decent work, access to good-quality employment, decent housing, preventing violence against women and girls, combating child, early and forced marriage, the elimination of sexual exploitation and human trafficking, the rights of migrant workers, the positive role of migrants in the globalization process, the elimination of all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, colonialism and colonization, the right to self-determination of peoples which remain under colonial occupation, foreign domination and occupation, common but differentiated responsibilities, global good governance, international cooperation (North-South, South-South and triangular), the reform of international institutions, avoidance of unilateral coercive measures; strengthening national equitable land redistribution and rural development policies for historically disadvantaged peoples, including those affected by apartheid and colonialism, sovereignty over all natural wealth and resources, global financial architecture, the removal of inequities in global decision-making in international institutions, the removal of asymmetries in international trade, the elimination of tax havens, the elimination of debt, the root causes of climate change, development of a new model of international cooperation based on solidarity, the right to international solidarity, the right to peace and a legally binding framework for the right to development. 80. After concluding its consideration of the operational subcriteria, the Working Group considered agenda item 4 (d), “Other matters”. NAM acknowledged that although progress had been made in completing the first reading, much remained to be done to overcome challenges and to narrow down divergences in a constructive and non-distractive way, which required a number of measures to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Working Group. Those measures included: extending the Working Group’s meeting time to two separate weeks annually; development by the Chair-Rapporteur of a road map; scaling up of the Chair-Rapporteur’s informal and formal contacts; enhancing the mainstreaming of the right to development in United Nations agencies and other international organizations, as mandated by pertinent resolutions of the Human Rights Council and the United Nations General Assembly; and limiting the participation of NGOs to those in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. NAM argued that additional meeting time was needed to expedite the work of the Working Group. Nothing prevented the Working Group from making a recommendation to that effect to the Human Rights Council for endorsement at its twenty-seventh session. NAM further explained that it was not against indicators, but was of the view that they should not be copied from the task force report and pasted under subcriteria. India recognized that some useful contributions had been made during the first reading, but expressed its reservations on including new issues like the right to peace, self-determination, and business and human rights. It supported the proposals of NAM and added that two annual meetings of 10 days would be required. India also observed that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should not be renegotiated through the work on the right to development. Pakistan expressed regret that the realization of the right to development was lagging far behind and continued to face obstacles in moving forward. It expressed the need to commence the second reading and to find alternatives for consensus building. 81. EU, supported by the United States and Switzerland, explained that it was not prepared to begin a second reading before resolving some critical divergences, such as on measurability, the road map, additional meeting time and the participation of all nongovernmental organizations whether or not they were in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, in order to ensure that the second reading would be productive. EU underscored that the participation of United Nations agencies and international organizations, with only 3 participating at the session of the 11 that had confirmed that they would participate, should also be addressed. EU, the United States and Switzerland were of the view that the issue of meeting time should be resolved at the Human Rights Council session in September 2014. On the participation of NGOs, the 18

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