A/HRC/36/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 26 July 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session 11-29 September 2017 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Right to development Report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report contains a brief overview of the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the promotion and realization of the right to development from June 2016 to May 2017. The report also provides an analysis of the implementation of the right to development, taking into account existing challenges and making recommendations on how to overcome them. The report complements the report of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner on the right to development submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session (A/HRC/33/31). GE.17-12715(E) 