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(b)
Social progress: education and training; health, combating HIV/AIDS
and other major diseases; housing and shelter; water and sanitation; social
protection; combating drug abuse;
(c)
Social justice and inclusion: equity; reducing poverty; nutrition; social
inclusion; gender equality, protection for children; promoting youth development;
opportunities and support for older persons; recognition of indigenous peoples’
rights; refugees and internally displaced persons;
(d)
Sustainable development: sustainable consumption and production;
energy; climate change; desertification; biological diversity; forests; oceans and seas;
disaster reduction;
(e)
An enabling international environment: external private financial
capital flows, external borrowing and debt; official development assistance; innovative
sources of finance; international trade; transfer of technology; migration;
(f)
Reducing inequality between countries: Africa; least developed
countries; small island developing States; landlocked developing countries; systemic
issues; global economic governance; the Economic and Social Council; international
financial and economic institutions.
81.
The above issues are all relevant to the right to development. The Working
Group might wish to draw upon expert advice available, for example, from the
Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, in order to select areas where the
opening of a dialogue with the processes already in place can be productive.
C.
1.
Mainstreaming the right to development
Strengthened support for the mandate of OHCHR and the work of United Nations
system organizations
82.
The General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 mandates the High
Commissioner to promote and protect the realization of the right to development and
to enhance support from relevant bodies of the United Nations system for that
purpose. The Assembly, in its resolution 64/172, also requested the High
Commissioner, in mainstreaming the right to development, to undertake effectively
activities aimed at strengthening the global partnership for development between
Member States, development agencies and the international development, financial
and trade institutions. It called upon the United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes, as well as the specialized agencies, to mainstream the right to
development in their operational programmes and objectives, and stressed the need
for the international financial and multilateral trading systems to mainstream the
right to development in their policies and objectives.
83.
In this regard, the Working Group may wish to invite OHCHR and the
stakeholders mentioned above to consider drawing upon the experience gained by the
task force in their effective implementation of the above recommendations. In
particular, the task force recommends the integration of the right to development into
all aspects of the work of OHCHR, including in its activities at the country level.
2.
Making the right to development an integral part of the work of United Nations
human rights bodies and mechanisms
84.
The Working Group may wish to consider recommending that treaty bodies
and other relevant human rights bodies, mechanisms and procedures include the right
to development, where relevant, in their work. In particular, a reporting template (see
GE.10-11443
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