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their contribution to poverty reduction and the fulfilment of human rights. The summary of
the discussion is contained in document A/HRC/15/WG.2/TF/2.
5.
Challenges and lessons learned
38.
In the consolidation of its findings, the task force concluded that:
none of these [global partnerships] was established as a direct consequence of
commitment to [Millennium Development] Goal 8, but tend to see themselves as
contributing to that Goal. None has a mandate to promote the right to development.
Nevertheless, they are among the array of right to development stakeholders and
have sometimes acknowledged that this right is pertinent, but have more commonly
considered it a matter of inter-agency information sharing rather than policy
guidance. (A/HRC/15/WG.2/TF/2/Add.1, para. 76)
39.
The task force further noted that “in all 12 partnerships examined at the request of
the Working Group and all others considered without an explicit mandate, none referred to
the right to development in its resolutions or founding documents. It is therefore difficult to
expect them to introduce right to development considerations as such in their policies and
programmes” (A/HRC/15/WG.2/TF/2/Add.1, para. 78).
40.
The need and importance for policy coherence across institutions, including the
United Nations system, was often underscored in the dialogue with institutions responsible
for global partnerships. Support for the mandate of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights to promote, protect and mainstream the right to development, including through a
strengthened global partnership, would be enhanced if the mandates of those institutions
integrated or were interpreted to include dimensions of human rights and the right to
development. This could be seen as a matter of coherence of policy and action on the part
of Member States, in bringing the right to development to all relevant parts of the United
Nations system. In this regard, the WIPO Development Agenda represents a key
contemporary global initiative undertaken by Member States towards realizing the right to
development.
41.
The global partnership for development, in the context of a unified global economy,
should recognize the interdependence of States and all other stakeholders, including the
private sector and civil society; the interrelation of rights and responsibilities; the
interrelationship between the national and international levels of governance and
development; the indivisibility of all human rights; and, above all, the primacy of human
dignity.
42.
The year 2011 will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations
Declaration on the Right to Development; this presents an opportunity to focus on realizing
the vision of the Declaration for the improvement in human well-being. Past achievements
and the present momentum provide us with a basis for reflection on the way forward in
making the right to development a reality for everyone as envisaged in the Millennium
Declaration. The realization of the right to development requires the integration of its
constitutive principles in development and governance at all levels, thus creating an
enabling environment for the achievement of internationally agreed development goals,
including the Millennium Development Goals.
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