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Namibia aligned itself with the views of the Non-Aligned Movement and thanked
OHCHR for the report, which reflected the feedback provided by the inputs. The outcome
was not anticipated, as there was a difference between what the report presented and what
the resolution requested. An analytical paper was expected, given that the submissions of
States was supposed to be only a component to inform the report. Mexico welcomed the
report, and thanked the secretariat for its support. The report had provided valuable
elements, like the successes and challenges that States had faced to ensure the right to
development and the impact of the right to development on national human rights policies.
In recent years, Mexico had redesigned its social policy development to incorporate the
respect and promotion of human rights as one of its top priorities. This practice had
increased accessibility, capacity and the reach of development programmes. However,
important challenges remained in terms of institutional, budgetary and technical
coordination, and there was a need for specialized monitoring mechanisms.
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The Chief of the Right to Development Section thanked the delegates for their
comments. He explained that the recommendation made by the Working Group had been
interpreted as a request for a report compiling the views of States. Furthermore, the breadth
of the subject matter would have made it very difficult to address the subject matter
comprehensively within the word limit for the report. He added that the Working Group
might wish to clarify its expectations in the recommendations of the current session. The
Office remained fully committed to implementing its recommendations.
D.
Interactive dialogue on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in
the context of the right to development
32.
On the second day of the session, the Working Group held an interactive dialogue on
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the context of the right to development
with the former co-facilitators for the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-20l5
development agenda: the Permanent Representative of Ireland to United Nations
Headquarters, Ambassador David Donoghue, and the Permanent Representative of Kenya
to the United Nations Headquarters, Ambassador Macharia Kamau.
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Ambassador Donoghue stressed that the right to development had found its rightful
place in the 2030 Agenda, and that it provided a new context to look at the right to
development. The right to development was given a reasonably prominent position in two
specific references, which reflected the significant respect for the right to development; a
number of references in the document moreover recalled the Declaration: in some pledges
the preamble, that no one would be left behind; this made clear that inequality within and
among countries had to be addressed. The 2030 Agenda could be viewed as a landmark
document for achieving the right to development. The agenda dealt with the factors
impeding the realization of human rights, showing the clear connection between human
rights and development. There was also emphasis on Goal 17, which outlined a set of
commitments and the means of implementation. The Agenda called for action at the global,
regional and national levels with a governmental rather than sectoral approach. Global
indicators had been agreed upon at a technical level, but the issue of data collection and
capacity were particularly important, given that many Governments did not have sufficient
statistical capacity. This issue would be discussed at the high-level political forum on
sustainable development in July 2016. Although the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development was not legally binding, it was politically and morally binding.
Implementation would be improved by mutual learning and the exchange of best practices
on a voluntary basis. This would require political will, commitment and goodwill. The risk
of political embarrassment was the main source of leverage: States would not want to be
seen as underperforming, particularly at the regional level.
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