A/HRC/12/28 page 7 20. The representative of the Czech Republic (on behalf of the European Union) expressed reluctance to support assessments of new global partnerships. With regard to the revised criteria, the European Union attached importance to those relating to social justice and equality, non-discrimination, participation and good governance, among others. The EU agreed that expert input would be required for the criteria and sub-criteria to be methodologically rigorous. The global economic and financial crisis and climate change should be considered within the framework of the existing criteria. 21. Other delegations expressed the view that while the implementation of Millennium Development Goal 8 was essential to the right to development, a broader scope of that right should be borne in mind. A number of delegations expressed the view that given the limited time remaining in phase III of its workplan, the task force should focus on the partnerships previously selected for evaluation, noting that the mandate of the task force was to take stock of the experiences of selected partnerships in order to refine and finalize the criteria and sub-criteria, rather than contributing to improvement of the partnerships. 22. Several delegations questioned the need to continue a dialogue with previously assessed partnerships, raising the issue of its added value and inputs for the refinement of the criteria. Dialogue should be limited to the partnerships planned for phase III. In that context, several delegations disagreed with the proposed technical mission to the African Peer Review Mechanism and the assessment of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States-European Community Economic Partnership Agreement (CARIFORUM EPA) and other economic partnership agreements under the Cotonou Agreement. 23. Clarifications were also sought on the recommendations made by the task force with regard to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda and the Clean Development Mechanism. The task force was not expected to provide input to the WIPO Development Agenda or a related conference organized by WIPO, while a dialogue would be useful for the refinement of the criteria. A delegation explained that the objective of the WIPO Development Agenda was mainstreaming development into intellectual property issues; it was therefore not limited to transfer of technology. The representative of WIPO welcomed the attendance of the task force at the Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues to be held on 13 and 14 July 2009. 24. The Chairperson of the task force characterized the pilot application of the criteria to the partnerships as a means of improving the criteria as requested in Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/4, as well as of integrating the right to development into the thematic areas of Millennium Development Goal 8. In that context, reference was made to his recent dialogue with the secretariat of the World Health Organization Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, which demonstrated the value of the criteria. With reference to General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions calling for the effective implementation of the right to development through mainstreaming the right into policies and programmes of international development, trade and financial institutions, the Chairperson also highlighted the values of a dialogue with partnerships based upon the criteria in identifying entry points for successful operationalization of the right to development.