A/RES/54/175
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Noting that the human person is the central subject of development and that development policy should
therefore make the human being the main participant in and beneficiary of development,
Stressing the importance of creating an economic, political, social, cultural and legal environment that
will enable people to achieve social development at the national and international levels,
Emphasizing the fact that the realization of the right to development requires effective and efficient
development policies at the national level, as well as equitable economic relations and a favourable economic
environment at the international level,
Noting that sanctions often have a serious negative impact on the development capacity and activity of
target countries, as well as third States, undermining their full realization of the right to development,
Recognizing that countries interact with the global economy from vastly different levels of development,
and realizing that globalization affects all countries differently and makes them more susceptible to external
developments, positive and negative, inter alia, in the field of human rights, in particular in the realization
of the right to development,
Stressing the need for coordination and cooperation throughout the United Nations system for a more
effective promotion and realization of the right to development,
Emphasizing that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has an
important role to play in the promotion, protection and realization of the right to development, including
through enhanced cooperation with the relevant bodies of the United Nations system for this purpose,
Affirming that developed countries have a major responsibility in the context of growing
interdependence to create and sustain a global economic environment that is favourable to accelerated and
sustainable development,
Emphasizing that measures should be taken to ensure that human rights are not exploited as a means of
conditionality for loans, aid or trade, which then unduly results in the imposition of particular policies on
recipient countries, thereby negatively affecting the full enjoyment of the right to development by the peoples
of such countries,
Recognizing the importance of undertaking appropriate economic policies and creating an environment
that is favourable and conducive to the enhancement of the realization of the right to development at the
national and international levels,
Emphasizing the importance of strengthening good governance through the building of more effective
and accountable institutions for promoting sustained growth and enabling all people to benefit equally from
development,
Expressing its concern that the Declaration on the Right to Development is insufficiently disseminated,
and noting that it should be taken into account, as appropriate, in bilateral and multilateral cooperation
programmes, national development strategies and policies and activities of international organizations,
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