A/HRC/36/23 58. Structural transformation is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and involves, inter alia, the linkages between industrialization, infrastructure, technology and trade regimes. Equal opportunities for sustainable development require the removal of structural obstacles which impede access to technology and innovation. 56 59. States should take resolute steps to put an end to xenophobia, racism, racial and gender-based discrimination and all other legal and political practices that perpetuate inequality, including between States, and infringe on the realization of the right to development and the sustainable development agenda.57 60. In the current global political climate, it is essential to win the battle of ideas and to develop a counter-narrative that promotes the reciprocal and global benefits of international development and a rights-based approach to development at all levels, with the right to development at its heart.58 61. In line with articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Declaration, the international community needs to foster effective international cooperation for development and create an enabling environment for development, including supportive policies to increase public and private investment in sustainable development which will in turn generate employment opportunities (E/FFDF/2017/2). This can be achieved by ensuring a rights-based approach to development and through effective and sustained partnerships.59 62. While the world is witnessing unparalleled technological progress, inequality has increased substantially. The Declaration on the Right to Development contains essential elements for the process of Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace. Its normative framework addresses the interfaces of peace, security, human rights and development with the aim of addressing root causes of conflict and inequality, achieving peace and sustainable development, and ultimately ensuring that no one is left behind. 56 57 58 59 14 This corresponds to Sustainable Development Goals 8, 9, 10 and 17. This corresponds to Sustainable Development Goals 5, 10, 16 and 17. This corresponds to Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 17. See See http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/RightsCrisis/E-2013-82_en.pdf.