A/HRC/12/50 evolve into a basis for consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature, through a collaborative process of engagement; (e) To request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to take all necessary measures and to allocate adequate resources for the effective implementation of the present resolution, taking into account the needs for the effective implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group referred to in paragraph 2 (b) above; 3. Also decides to review the progress of the implementation of the present resolution as a matter of priority at its future sessions. 32nd meeting 2 October 2009 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 33 to 0, with 14 abstentions (see part II, chap. III.). The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia; Abstaining: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem Ireland, United States of America.] 12/24. Access to medicine in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/33 of 23 April 2001, 2002/31 and 2002/32 of 22 April 2002, 2003/28 of 22 April 2003, 2004/27 of 16 April 2004 and 2005/24 of 15 April 2005, and that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right that derives from the inherent dignity of the human person, Emphasizing the development goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular the four health-related development goals, Noting with concern that, for millions of people throughout the world, the full enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this goal is becoming increasingly remote, Recalling the Declaration on the Right to Development, which establishes that States should take, at the national level, all necessary measures for the realization of the right to development and should ensure, inter alia, equality of opportunity for all in their access to basic resources, such as health services, 46

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