9.
Requests the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to prepare inputs to
contribute to the elaboration of the draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to
international solidarity, and to the further development of guidelines, standards, norms and
principles with a view to promoting and protecting this right;
10. Requests the independent expert to submit a report on the implementation of the
present resolution to the Council at its twelfth session;
11. Decides to continue its examination of this issue at its twelfth session under
agenda item 3.
22nd meeting
24 September 2008
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 33 to 13. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan,
Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar,
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, Zambia;
Against:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of
Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.]
9/3. The right to development
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Charter of the United Nations and the core human rights instruments,
Reaffirming the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the
General Assembly in its resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986,
Reaffirming also its resolution 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and recalling all Commission on
Human Rights, Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions on the right to
development,
Emphasizing the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for everyone,
Taking note of the efforts under way in the framework of the Working Group on the Right
to Development with the support of the high-level task force on the implementation of the right
to development to develop a set of criteria for the periodic evaluation of global partnerships as
identified in Millennium Development Goal 8,
1.
Welcomes the report of the Working Group on the Right to Development
(A/HRC/9/17);
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