A/HRC/12/28 page 3 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development convened its tenth session in Geneva from 22 to 26 June 2009, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 9/3. 2. The Working Group was established by resolution 1998/72 of the then Commission on Human Rights and decision 1998/269 of the Economic and Social Council with a mandate: (a) to monitor and review progress made in the promotion and implementation of the right to development as elaborated in the Declaration on the Right to Development, at the national and international levels, providing recommendations thereon and further analysing obstacles to its full enjoyment, focusing each year on specific commitments in the Declaration; (b) to review reports and any other information submitted by States, United Nations agencies, other relevant international organizations and non-governmental organizations on the relationship between their activities and the right to development; and (c) to present for the consideration of the Commission on Human Rights a sessional report on its deliberations, including advice to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with regard to the implementation of the right to development, and suggesting possible programmes of technical assistance at the request of interested countries with the aim of promoting the implementation of the right to development. 3. The high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development was established by Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/7 and Economic and Social Council decision 2004/249, at the recommendation and within the framework of the Working Group, in order to assist it in fulfilling its mandate. By Commission resolution 2005/4, the task force was requested to “examine Millennium Development Goal 8 on a global partnership for development and suggest criteria for its periodic evaluation with the aim of improving the effectiveness of global partnerships with regard to the realization of the right to development”. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 9/3, decided that the criteria should be “extended to other components of Millennium Development Goal 8”. 4. Council resolution 9/3 and General Assembly resolution 63/178 endorsed the workplan for the implementation of the mandate of the high-level task force for the period 2008-2010 as outlined in paragraph 43 of the report of the Working Group on its ninth session (A/HRC/9/17). II. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION 5. The session was opened by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang. 6. At its first meeting, on 22 June 2009, the Working Group re-elected by acclamation Arjun Sengupta (India) as Chairperson-Rapporteur1 and adopted its agenda (A/HRC/WG.2/10/1/Rev.1) and programme of work (see annex I). 1 Mr. Sengupta was first elected as Chairperson-Rapporteur on 10 September 2007 following the resignation of Ibrahim Salama (Egypt), who had chaired the Working Group since February 2004.