A/HRC/RES/51/7 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 12 October 2022 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-first session 12 September–7 October 2022 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 on 6 October 2022 51/7. 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 fundamental human rights, Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolutions 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and 9/3 of 17 September 2008, 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, and recalling also all General Assembly and Council resolutions on the right to development, the most recent being Assembly resolution 76/163 of 16 December 2021 and Council resolution 48/10 of 8 October 2021, Recalling the adoption of Human Rights Council resolution 49/8 of 31 March 2022, on the commemoration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, Recalling also General Assembly resolutions 74/270 of 2 April 2020, on global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 74/274 of 20 April 2020, on international cooperation to ensure global access to medicines, vaccines and medical equipment to face COVID-19, 74/306 of 11 September 2020, on a comprehensive and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 74/307 of 11 September 2020, on a united response against global health threats: combating COVID-19, Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 46/14 of 23 March 2021 and 49/25 of 1 April 2022, on ensuring equitable, affordable, timely and universal access for all countries to vaccines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in which the Council expressed deep concern about the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the enjoyment of human rights around the world, and emphasized the importance of human rights in shaping the response to the pandemic, GE.22-16501(E)