A/HRC/19/45 deliberations of the Social Forum (A/HRC/SF/2011/2). A representative of OHCHR delivered opening remarks to the Social Forum.11 16. The Geneva office of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Movement cooperated with OHCHR to organize, on 19 October 2011, in Geneva, a round table on the theme “The right to development: constraints and perspectives”, with a specific focus on policy coherence towards the implementation of the right to development in Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The themes addressed included redeploying resources from disarmament to development, how to reconcile national development goals with the economic and financial restrictions imposed by financial institutions and recurring financial crises, and the role of States‟ leadership and independence for the promotion of international development commitments.12 A representative of OHCHR delivered a statement at the event.13 17. The Inter-Parliamentary Union in cooperation with OHCHR organized, on 20 October 2011, in Bern, a seminar on the theme “Promoting the right to development: the role of Parliament”. The seminar focused on how human rights could be promoted from a development perspective, the need to give full effect to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for enhancing the realization of the right to development, and the contribution of Parliaments to the promotion of the right to development. The role of parliamentarians in legislating, policymaking, monitoring and budgeting, as well as the current context of multiple crises and growing demands from civil society, dominated the discussion. The need for reform of the international economic architecture was also a focus of the discussion. The meeting was a useful opportunity to engage parliamentarians in addition to Governments, civil society and national institutions.14 A representative of OHCHR attended and made a presentation at the event.15 18. OHCHR organized a special anniversary event, during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, at Headquarters on 8 November 2011. The event, entitled “The right to development at 25: policy coherence in the global partnership for development”, focused on policy coherence and synergies in the agendas of the First, Second and Third Committees in efforts to mainstream the right to development and strengthen global partnership for development. The event was chaired by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and attended by the Secretary-General, who delivered a keynote statement (annex VI). The President of the General Assembly and the Chairpersons of the First, Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly also attended and made remarks at the event.16 The High Commissioner delivered a closing statement at the event.17 19. OHCHR also provided substantive and logistical support for the organization of the twelfth session of the Open-ended intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, which was held from 14 to 18 November 2011. The Working Group was chaired by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Tamara Kunanayakam. The High Commissioner attended and delivered opening 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 See http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/SForum/Pages/StatementsPresentations.aspx See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/OIC-NAMroundtable.aspx. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/Opening_remarks_BacreNdaye.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/IPUseminarincooperationwithOHCHR.aspx. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/OHCHR_presentation_IPU_2011_10_19.pdf See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/UNGAcommemoratethe25thanniversaryoftheUnitedN ationsDeclarationonRtD.aspx. See www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11583&LangID=E.