A/HRC/RES/48/10
Welcoming the final outcome document adopted at the Eighteenth Summit of Heads
of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Baku on 25
and 26 October 2019, 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, are universal, indivisible, interdependent, interrelated and mutually
reinforcing,
Emphasizing further 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, including civil society
organizations, development practitioners, human rights experts and the public at all levels, in
discussions on the right to development,
Noting the commitment declared by a number of United Nations specialized agencies,
funds and programmes and other international organizations to make the right to development
a reality for all, and in this regard urging all relevant bodies of the United Nations system and
other international organizations to mainstream the right to development into their objectives,
policies, programmes and operational activities, and into development and developmentrelated processes, including in the preparation and outcome of the Fifth United Nations
Conference on the Least Developed Countries,
Acknowledging the need for a comprehensive approach to the promotion and
protection of all human rights and the importance of integrating a right to development
perspective in a more systemic way into all relevant aspects of the work of the United Nations
system, including the treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms,
Stressing that the responsibility for managing worldwide economic and social issues
and threats to international peace and security must be shared among the States Members of
the United Nations and should be exercised multilaterally, and that in this regard the central
role must be played by the United Nations as the most universal and representative
international organization in the world,
Stressing also the importance of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its means of implementation, and emphasizing that the 2030 Agenda is
informed by the Declaration on the Right to Development and that the right to development
is vital for the full realization of the 2030 Agenda, and should be central to its
implementation,
Recognizing that achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including
the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change-related goals, requires effective
policy coherence and coordination,
Recognizing also that hunger and extreme poverty, in all their forms and dimensions,
are the greatest global challenges and require the collective commitment of the international
community for their eradication, and therefore calling upon the international community to
contribute to the achievement of that goal, in accordance with the Sustainable Development
Goals,
Recognizing further that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right
to development and is one of the greatest global challenges and an indispensable requirement
for sustainable development, which requires a multifaceted and integrated approach, and
reiterating the need to achieve sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic,
social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner,
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