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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
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