A/HRC/RES/39/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 October 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-ninth session
10–28 September 2018
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 27 September 2018
39/9.
The right to development
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Charter of the United Nations and the core human rights instruments,
Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General
Assembly in its resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986,
Reiterating the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which reaffirms the
right to development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of every
human right,
Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolutions 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and 9/3 of 17
September 2008, and recalling all Council and General Assembly resolutions on the right to
development, the most recent being Council resolution 36/9 of 28 September 2017 and
Assembly resolution 72/167 of 19 December 2017,
Recalling all Commission on Human Rights resolutions on the right to development,
including resolutions 1998/72 of 22 April 1998 and 2004/7 of 13 April 2004 in support of
the implementation of the right to development,
Welcoming the seventeenth Summit of Heads of State or Government of NonAligned Countries, held on Margarita Island, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on 17 and
18 September 2016, and recalling previous summits and conferences at which the States
members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries stressed the need to operationalize
the right to development as a priority, including through the elaboration of a legally binding
instrument on the right to development by the relevant machinery, taking into account the
recommendations of relevant initiatives,
Emphasizing the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for
everyone,
Emphasizing also that all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the
right to development, can only be enjoyed in an inclusive and collaborative framework at
the international, regional and national levels, and in this regard underlining the importance
of engaging the United Nations system, including United Nations specialized agencies,
funds and programmes, within their respective mandates, relevant international
organizations, including financial and trade organizations, and relevant stakeholders,
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