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targets of the 2030 Agenda, and that the systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective
into the implementation of the Agenda is crucial,
1.
Recognizes that the respect, protection and fulfilment of the full enjoyment of
human rights by all women and girls and the full implementation of all Goals and targets of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are interrelated and mutually reinforcing;
2.
Also recognizes that the full implementation of all Goals and targets of the
2030 Agenda is not possible without the respect, protection and fulfilment of the full
enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by all women and girls, including
the right to development, which should be mainstreamed into all policies and programmes
aimed at the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the
eradication of poverty;
3.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
collaboration with Member States, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the United Nations Population Fund and other
United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international human rights mechanisms,
civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders, to organize a two-day
intersessional expert meeting to consider gaps in, challenges to and best practices aimed at
the full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls and the systematic
mainstreaming of a gender perspective into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, to
prepare a report on the outcome of the above-mentioned meeting, and to present the report
to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session.
39th meeting
28 September 2017
[Adopted without a vote.]
36/9.
The right to development
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Charter of the United Nations and the core human rights instruments,
Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General
Assembly in its resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986,
Reiterating the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which reaffirms the
right to development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of every
human right,
Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolutions 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and 9/3 of 17
September 2008, and recalling all Council and General Assembly resolutions on the right to
development, the most recent being Council resolution 33/14 of 29 September 2016 and
Assembly resolution 71/192 of 19 December 2016,
Recalling all Commission on Human Rights resolutions on the right to development,
including resolutions 1998/72 of 22 April 1998 and 2004/7 of 13 April 2004 in support of
the implementation of the right to development,
Welcoming the seventeenth Summit of Heads of State or Government of NonAligned Countries, held on Margarita Island, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on 17 and
18 September 2016, and recalling previous summits and conferences at which the States
members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries stressed the need to operationalize
the right to development as a priority, including through the elaboration of a convention on
the right to development by the relevant machinery, taking into account the
recommendations of relevant initiatives,
Emphasizing the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for everyone,
Emphasizing also that all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the
right to development, can only be enjoyed in an inclusive and collaborative framework at
the international, regional and national levels, and in this regard underlining the importance
of engaging the United Nations system, including United Nations specialized agencies,
funds and programmes, within their respective mandates, relevant international
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