A/HRC/42/29 A. Support for the Working Group on the Right to Development 8. During the intersessional period of the Working Group on the Right to Development, OHCHR supported the Chair-Rapporteur in holding informal consultations and presenting the report of the Working Group 3 to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, in September and October 2018, respectively. 9. OHCHR provided support to the Working Group, including in the organization of the Working Group’s twentieth session, held from 29 April to 3 May 2019. The SecretaryGeneral delivered a video message during the opening of the session. 4 The Working Group held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and with experts on the implementation and realization of the right to development. OHCHR facilitated the participation of the experts, and many delegations expressed appreciation for their substantive contribution. The Working Group also considered contributions made by States at the national, regional and international levels to the implementation of the right to development. It held a discussion to elaborate a draft legally binding instrument on the right to development, which included discussions on the content and scope of the future instrument.5 10. In the context of its twentieth session, the Working Group recommended that the High Commissioner and her office take the measures necessary to ensure a balanced and visible allocation of resources and pay due attention to the visibility, effective implementation and mainstreaming of the right to development by systematically identifying and undertaking tangible projects dedicated to that right. It also recommended that the High Commissioner include in her next annual report an analysis of the realization of the right to development, taking into account existing challenges to its realization and concrete proposals for supporting the Working Group in fulfilling its mandate. 6 B. Support for the Special Rapporteur on the right to development 11. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur on the right to development presented a report to the Human Rights Council in which he explored the connection between the right to development and equality in the context of the implementation of the equality-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 7 He also presented a report to the General Assembly on the links between South-South cooperation, sustainable development and the right to development. 8 12. In accordance with Council resolution 36/9, the Special Rapporteur convened regional consultations aimed at identifying good practices in designing, implementing, monitoring and assessing policies and programmes that contribute to the realization of the right to development. They included consultations for States and stakeholders from the African Group (Addis Ababa, March 2018), the Group of Western European and other States and the Eastern European Group (Geneva, June 2018), the Latin American and Caribbean Group (Panama City, October 2018) and the Asia-Pacific Group (Bangkok, December 2018), as well as a final consultation, with participants from all of the regional consultations (Dakar, April 2019). The consultations informed the development of guidelines and recommendations for designing, monitoring and assessing the structures, processes and outcomes of human rights-informed development policies.9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A/HRC/39/56. UN Human Rights@UNHumanRights, video message by the Secretary-General, in which he expressed his wish to work with all partners to bring the Declaration on the Right to Development to life for all, 29 April 2019, available at https://twitter.com/UNHumanRights/status/ 1122861770580856832. For more information, see A/HRC/42/35. A/42/35. A/HRC/39/51. A/73/271. See A/HRC/42/38. 3