Democracy, which is spreading everywhere, has raised development expectations everywhere, that the non-fulfilment of those expectations risks rekindling non-democratic forces, and that structural reforms which do not take social realities into account could destabilize the processes of democratization;
Document legal status
Negotiated soft law
Document body
United Nations General Assembly
Document means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Document year
1998
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The right to development (1998), A/RES/53/155, OP 5d.