A/HRC/43/34 24. The Committee had paid attention to illicit financial flows, corruption and related impunity, calling on States parties to redouble their efforts to combat those phenomena, ensure transparency in the conduct of public affairs, hold perpetrators accountable and guarantee remedies and compensation to victims. 25. In addition, the Committee had addressed the human rights responsibilities of borrowing and lending States, as well as those of international organizations and other lenders. The Committee disagreed with any interpretations suggesting that the statutory documents of organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development did not give those organizations the power to include human rights considerations in their decision-making. 26. Given that no country had unlimited wealth, a tool was needed to assess whether the policies of States parties based on choices between different objectives were commensurate with the Covenant rights and related obligations, including the obligation to use the maximum available resources for the progressive realization of economic, social and cultural rights. B. Interactive discussion 27. During the plenary discussion, representatives of the European Union, Azerbaijan, Iraq, the Netherlands and Romania delivered statements. In addition, representatives of the following non-governmental organizations spoke: Association for the Prevention of Torture, Centre pour le développement socio-économique, Indian Movement “Tupaj Amaru” and New Humanity. 28. The speakers welcomed the opportunity to share good practices, lessons learned and challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, as well as the particular focus of the seminar on good governance and Sustainable Development Goal 16. They agreed on the importance of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights and peace, security and sustainable development. Some speakers highlighted the intrinsically interlinked and interdependent relationships between human rights and good governance, and supported stressing the links between good governance and the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly as the latter referred, inter alia, to the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. 29. Delegations presented good practices with regard to good governance and the promotion and protection of human rights. For example, the Council of the European Union had adopted a new European consensus on development, entitled “Our world, our dignity, our future”, which set out a rights-based approach for development cooperation for the European Union and its member States. That approach entailed promoting the human rights dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals while also promoting inclusion and participation, non-discrimination, equality, equity, transparency and accountability as crosscutting principles in their implementation. 30. The Government of Azerbaijan had established the Azerbaijan Service and Assessment Network, which was a user-friendly, citizen-centred, responsive and digitally advanced public service delivery system for efficient and transparent access to key public and private services for citizens and foreign residents. The Network had been awarded the United Nations Public Service Award for being one of the best public service delivery mechanisms worldwide. In 2018, the Government of Azerbaijan, together with those of other countries, had submitted a draft resolution to the Human Rights Council in which it had stressed the importance of non-discrimination and of efficient, accessible, accountable and transparent public service delivery systems in building a corruption-free environment. 31. The Government of Romania, through its participation in the Open Government Partnership and its related national plan covering the period 2018–2020, had stepped up its efforts to promote transparency, openness and effectiveness in its governing processes, and to encourage civic participation in public life and the use of new technologies in its administration. 6