A/HRC/19/70 poverty. Recognizing international solidarity was important to better monitor MDG 8. There was a need to provide the right to development with a legally binding framework for its implementation. More generally, concern was expressed over the insufficient progress in the realization of the right to development, imbalanced global governance and the pressure from industrialized countries on developing countries to open up or privatize their markets. Concern was also expressed that despite 25 years of efforts, little had been achieved in terms of policy prescriptions for States, and that human rights implementation proved more difficult today than before. The need for dialogue and understanding on the right to development was underlined. In order to boost the right to development it was necessary to generate the necessary conditions for sustainable and sporadic development, foster international consensus and respect commitments made. Concern was also expressed over the gap between recognition and implementation of rights. While the important role of civil society was underlined, it was also stressed that the primary duty-bearer for the creation of a national and international enabling environment rested with States. 20. In their concluding remarks, the panellists focused on specific questions. As concerned the added value of the right to development, it was argued that the focus on the human being as the centre of the development process was essential. International solidarity could help in establishing an enabling environment for the realization of the right to development. The importance of practical examples of how education could contribute to development was underlined. In that context, reference was made to the importance of benchmarks in the field of education, good-quality secondary and basic education, the importance of education for sustainable development, as well as the importance of international assistance and cooperation in the field of development. To make further progress in the realization of the right to development, there was a need to reach out to ordinary people and to mobilize civil society for the right to development. It was also necessary to mainstream the right to development jointly with all other rights in the work of relevant agencies. Progress was being made in terms of commitment to bringing development and human rights together, activities at the grass-roots level and claiming the right to active, free and meaningful participation. While States were the primary dutybearers under the Declaration on the Right to Development, international cooperation and the reform of the international economic and financial system was equally important. Concern over inadequate implementation of the right to development could also be made with human rights more generally; indeed it was currently a difficult period for promoting human rights. B. 1. Measures and actions needed to make the right to development a reality for everyone at the local, national, regional and international levels, including the role and contribution of civil society and nongovernmental organizations Legal and social action strategies and the right to development 21. Wilson Kipsang Kipkazi, Endorois Welfare Council, speaking on the Endorois struggle for recognition and development, described the history of the eviction of the Endorois community and their legal struggle, which ultimately led to a decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, recognizing inter alia a violation of the right to development by the Kenyan authorities in 2010. He elaborated on the efforts made by the Endorois after the decision was adopted and the challenges and needs of the Endorois Welfare Council. The key implementation challenges were to: (a) ensure that the Endorois community has unrestricted access to Lake Bogoria and surrounding sites for religious and cultural purposes and for cattle-grazing; (b) payment of adequate compensation for loss suffered and royalties from existing economic activities and to ensure 8

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