A/HRC/36/23 the common good, recognizing that efforts to reduce towering inequalities would help the marginalized and the poor.6 13. In September, the President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly convened the high-level segment of the Assembly to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development. 7 The Secretary-General, the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development participated in the opening segment, which was followed by a general debate among Member States. The one-day event focused on the measures and policies required to promote effective international cooperation for the realization of the right to development, as well as the importance and added value of the right to development in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The event provided an opportunity to discuss efforts to fulfil the right to development and the importance of consensual understanding of the right to development based on the experience, progress and challenges encountered in the last 30 years. 14. In October, the Office organized, jointly with the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, a two-day international seminar entitled “The right to development — 30 years after”, in Abu Dhabi. The Commission welcomed renewed reflection and joint action by all stakeholders to ensure that all people had an equal opportunity to participate in, contribute to and enjoy economic, social and cultural rights, thereby also supporting the establishment of inclusive, equitable, just and peaceful societies. In the Abu Dhabi Declaration on the Right to Development, 8 adopted at the seminar, participants reaffirmed States’ national, international and collective obligations with respect to the effective implementation of the right to development, and recalled the importance of international cooperation against corruption and of good governance through free, active and meaningful participation in policymaking. 15. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration, and in addition to the international expert meeting held in Geneva in March (see A/HRC/33/31, para. 22), OHCHR organized another such meeting in New York in October 2016. This event, entitled “Development frontlines: of rights, justice and fairness”, served as an opportunity to analyse contemporary development challenges and discuss how innovative development solutions were being forged at varying levels and scales. It also addressed legitimacy and accountability deficits in global governance and in the economic realm. 9 16. OHCHR initiated and supported the issuance of two statements reaffirming the right to development. In September, the United Nations Development Group Human Rights Working Group issued a joint statement recognizing that, while the 2030 Agenda is a powerful vehicle for the realization of the right to development, operationalizing its commitment to leave no one behind demands a coherent and integrated United Nations system-wide approach that is underpinned by the principles inherent in the Declaration. 10 17. In December 2016, 16 special procedure mandate holders issued a joint statement in which they called upon Governments to move rapidly beyond rhetoric and political differences to make the right to development a reality for all. 11 18. To advance awareness, develop the resource base and build capacity on the right to development, OHCHR issued several anniversary information notes on the relationship between the right to development and, respectively, international cooperation, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, children and youth, peace, and taxation.12 Furthermore, OHCHR produced a second anniversary video, The Right to Development for Everyone, 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/PaneldiscussionPresentationsandstatements.aspx. See http://sdg.iisd.org/events/unga-high-level-segment-on-the-right-to-development/. See www.oic-iphrc.org/en/data/docs/articles_studies/iphrc_abu_dhabi_outcome_2016.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/PanelEventDeclarationontheRtoDat30.aspx; and http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/PanelEventDeclarationontheRtoDat30.aspx. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/RtD/UNDG_HRWG.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20973. Available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/InformationMaterials.aspx.