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organizations. In the meetings, the Chair-Rapporteur referred to his report requested by the
Working Group (A/HRC/WG.2/17/2) and clarified that he was looking for common ground
and did not intend to draft a document that would fuel controversy. Importantly, the
Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by the General Assembly by
consensus during the United Nations summit, set down key principles relating to the right
to development, and should therefore guide the content of the proposed draft standards.
27.
In February 2016, the Chair-Rapporteur spoke at an event marking the thirtieth
anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, co-organized by OHCHR,
entitled “In search of dignity and sustainable development for all”. At the thirty-first
session of the Human Rights Council, he took the floor during the panel discussion on
human rights mainstreaming, which focused on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and human rights, with an emphasis on the right to development. He also
spoke at a high-level side event organized by the African Group on the right to
development. In his statements, the Chair-Rapporteur emphasized that the adoption of the
Sustainable Development Goals had been a major step towards the realization of the right
to development. Lastly, he also conducted informal consultations with the coordinators of
the regional and political groups and other interested delegations on the draft programme of
work of the seventeenth session of the Working Group.
C.
Report of the High Commissioner on the realization and
implementation of the right to development
28.
The Chief of the Right to Development Section of the Office of the High
Commissioner introduced the report of the High Commissioner on the realization and
implementation of the right to development (A/HRC/WG.2/17/3). The report was prepared
pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/28, in which the Council endorsed the
recommendation of the Working Group adopted at its sixteenth session and requested the
High Commissioner to seek the views of Member States in preparing a paper on the
realization and implementation of the right to development, as elaborated in the Declaration
on the Right to Development, in particular its article 4.
29.
In the ensuing discussion, the Islamic Republic of Iran, on behalf of the NonAligned Movement, expressed its disappointment with the report prepared by OHCHR,
given that it merely summarized the views of Member States, and did not meet its
expectation of a substantive analysis of the right to development. It would have preferred
that the report answer the following questions:
(a)
What steps are required for the realization and implementation of the right to
development?
(b)
How can international law in general, and human rights instruments,
including in particular the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
contribute to the realization of the right to development, in particular through friendly
relations and cooperation among States?
(c)
International cooperation is an integral element for the realization of the right
to development; what are the concrete measures taken by OHCHR to promote international
cooperation in the field of the right to development?
(d)
How can the international community, in particular developed countries, help
developing countries to foster their comprehensive development policies?
(e)
What has the United Nations system and OHCHR done to ensure the full
exercise and progressive enhancement of the right to development at the international
level?
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