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(a) Realizing freedom from fear and freedom from want as the highest aspiration of the common
people;
(b) Promoting the advent of a world where the inherent dignity of all members of the human family
is recognized;
17. Affirms, in the above regard, that the inclusion of the Declaration on the Right to Development
in the International Bill of Human Rights14 would be an appropriate means of celebrating the fiftieth
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
18. Encourages all States to address, within the declarations and programmes of action adopted by
the relevant international conferences convened by the United Nations, the elements for the promotion and
protection of the principles of the right to development as set out in the Declaration on the Right to
Development;
19. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution
to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session;
20. Decides to consider this question at its fifty-third session under the sub-item entitled "Human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights
and fundamental freedoms".
70th plenary meeting
12 December 1997
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See resolutions 217 A (III), 2200 A (XXI), annex and 44/128, annex.