A/HRC/21/28 given to the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council in their work on the right to development, the Office builds on the momentum gathered during the commemoration in 2011 of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development to mobilize broader support for human rights-based policy coherence in strengthening the global partnership for development. A. Advocacy, outreach and communications 7. Realizing the right to development of persons with disabilities requires the adoption of a human rights-based approach to disability that respects their active, free and meaningful participation in development, the fair distribution of resulting benefits, and their inclusion in society on an equal basis with others. This also requires a twin-track approach to development. The rights of persons with disabilities must be mainstreamed into development programmes in general. This includes both action at the national level and support through international cooperation, as specifically recognized in article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. During the period under review, OHCHR published an information note on the right to development of persons with disabilities.2 8. In a letter addressed to the President of the thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), held in Doha in April 2012, the High Commissioner stated that human rights, including the right to development, can help fortify and reinforce development-centred globalization, the theme of the session. She underlined the fact that development would be inclusive and sustainable only when those who tend to be excluded have full participation in development. There was a need to allow for policy space for the concerns of poor, vulnerable and marginalized individuals and groups, and to give them a voice. The human rights framework, and, in particular, the Declaration on the Right to Development, presented a development paradigm aimed at the improved wellbeing of all people, including through free, active and meaningful participation in development; the equitable distribution of the benefits of development, and the promotion of an equitable international order in which all human rights can be realized. Shared responsibilities, human rights-based policy coherence and systemic integration could strengthen further the global partnership for development.3 9. In April 2012, the High Commissioner addressed a letter to all Permanent Missions in Geneva concerning the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).4 The High Commissioner called upon all Member States to integrate key human rights considerations fully into the outcome document. Member States should commit to ensuring full coherence between efforts to advance the green economy, on the one hand, and their solemn human rights obligations, on the other. They should recognize that all policies and measures adopted to advance sustainable development must be firmly grounded in, and respectful of, all internationally agreed human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development. To those ends, all actors, in both public and private sectors, should exercise due diligence, including through the use of human rights impact assessments. Particular care must be taken to prevent and remedy any negative impact on the human rights of vulnerable and marginalized groups, including indigenous peoples, minorities, migrants, persons living in poverty, older persons, persons with disabilities and children. The empowerment of women, the protection of their rights and 2 3 4 4 See www.OHCHR.org/Documents/Issues/Development/Information_note_RTD_Disability.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/HCLetterUNCTADXIII.pdf. See www.OHCHR.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/WantedHumanRightsinRio.aspx.