A/HRC/39/18 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Right to development Report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report contains an overview of the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the promotion and realization of the right to development from June 2017 to May 2018. The report also provides an analysis of the implementation of the right to development, taking into account existing challenges and making recommendations on how to overcome them. The report complements the report of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner on the right to development submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session (A/HRC/36/23). GE.18-11384(E) 