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7.
The report of the task force, including its conclusions and recommendations
(A/HRC/4/WG.2/TF/2), will be submitted to the eighth session of the Working Group on the
Right to Development, to be held in Geneva from 26 February to 2 March 2007.
8.
In the period covered by this report, several events were organized on the right to
development at which OHCHR participated. The Egyptian National Human Rights Council
organized a conference in Cairo to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration
on the Right to Development, on 2 and 3 December 2006, at which experts in the field of
development and human rights, the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Right to
Development and OHCHR were represented. The discussions during this meeting, which was
attended by many representatives of the Government of Egypt and civil society organizations,
focused on both national and international dimensions of the right to development, including
national-level implementation, the role of international actors independently and in partnership,
as well as on what international partnerships could do to focus their efforts more effectively
towards realization of the right to development.
9.
During the third session of the Human Rights Council, the Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung foundation organized a panel discussion and expert meeting in Geneva
on 29 and 30 November 2006, respectively. The panel discussion held on 29 November
intended to raise awareness among those attending the Council session about the twentieth
anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development and recent developments in the
right-to-development process. The expert meeting on 30 November aimed to inform
representatives of several national development agencies about the right-to-development criteria
adopted by the Working Group on the Right to Development at its seventh session, and to
explore the possibilities of involving these institutions in the implementation process.
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