A/HRC/42/29 Development,65 the Human Rights Council,66 the universal periodic review,67 treaty bodies68 and special procedures.69 The OHCHR report on supporting effective and inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda can help guide effective, coherent and coordinated technical cooperation and capacity-building.70 D. Trade Target 17.10 – universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system 47. Participants at the eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, held in 2017, did not achieve consensus on the general case of the multilateral trading system and the notion of a development agenda underpinning the current Doha Development Round negotiations.71 There has been an increase in recourse to unilateral coercive measures and trade tensions,72 which adversely impact all countries, especially developing countries. These measures create barriers to achieving target 17.10 and have negative impacts on the realization of the right to development. 48. The Working Group has stressed that enhancing special and differential treatment provisions in trade agreements contributes to making the international trade environment more responsive to the needs of implementing the right to development. 73 Expert inputs received by the Working Group have emphasized the importance of steering the global trading system to function in a manner that fosters social justice and broader development objectives.74 Target 17.11 – exports of developing countries 49. The Working Group has recognized the importance of fair trade and the need to enlarge the opportunities for developing countries in the global economy. 75 In one input received by the Working Group, an expert warned against the risk of a lack of diversification of economies caused by export-oriented growth and recommended that the increase in trade volumes should not be an end in itself. Rather, in accordance with the preamble to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, trade should be an instrument for sustainable development.76 50. There have been declines in the share of developing regions and least developed countries in global merchandise exports. 77 To promote a fair distribution of the benefits of development, as envisaged in the Declaration on the Right to Development, the quality and diversity of developing countries’ exporting sectors should improve, with a view to increasing opportunities for all. 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 12 See the comments and views submitted at the session of the Working Group on the Right to Development on the draft right to development criteria and operational sub-criteria following its second reading, available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/19thSession.aspx. See also the compilation of submissions received from other stakeholders, p. 8, available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/HLTF/A.HRC.WG.2.15.CRP.4.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23334&LangID=E. A/HRC/39/13, para. 147.102; A/HRC/38/11, para. 106.72; A/HRC/38/5, para. 93.8; A/HRC/30/16, para. 137.143. CEDAW/C/PSE/CO/1, para. 51; CEDAW/C/ROU/CO/7-8, para. 46; CMW/C/IDN/CO/1, para. 59. A/HRC/37/56, para. 84 (i). A/HRC/38/28. A/73/208, para. 34. See, among others, A/HRC/39/54, para. 24. E/CN.4/2005/25, para. 54 (d). See also A/HRC/39/18, para. 63 (j). Maria Green and Susan Randolph, “Bringing theory into practice: operational criteria for assessing implementation of the international right to development”, para. 124. Available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/HLTFSession6th.aspx. E/CN.4/2006/26, para. 46. De Schutter, “The international dimensions of the right to development” , para. 100. E/2018/64, para. 142.