A/HRC/RES/24/4
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 October 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
24/4.
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,
Reaffirming also Human Rights Council resolutions 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and 9/3
of 17 September 2008, and recalling all Commission on Human Rights, Council and
General Assembly resolutions on the right to development, the most recent being Council
resolution 21/32 of 28 September 2012,
Recognizing the renewed commitments to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals by their target date of 2015, as set out in the outcome document adopted at the Highlevel Plenary Meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly on the Millennium
Development Goals,1
Emphasizing the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for
everyone,
Cognizant of the importance of engaging the United Nations system, including
United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies, within their respective
mandates, relevant international organizations, including financial and trade organizations,
and relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations, in discussions on the right
to development,
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
1
GE.13-17826
the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One.
General Assembly resolution 65/1.