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the right to development, taking as reference the Declaration on the Right to Development,
all resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human
Rights Council on the right to development and agreed conclusions and recommendations of
the Working Group;
10.
Urges the Office of the High Commissioner, in the implementation of the
Declaration on the Right to Development, to ensure balanced, efficient and visible allocation
of both financial and human resources to the existing mechanisms within the Office,
including the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development and the Special Rapporteur
on the right to development, for the realization of the right to development, also to ensure the
visibility of the right to development by identifying and implementing tangible projects
dedicated to the right to development, in collaboration with the Expert Mechanism and the
Special Rapporteur, and to provide regular updates to the Human Rights Council in this
regard;
11.
Requests the High Commissioner to facilitate the participation of relevant
experts in the meetings of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, in order for
representatives of relevant international organizations, as well as relevant mandate holders
of the Human Rights Council, to contribute to the discussions held at its meetings, as
appropriate;
12.
Reiterates the importance of the core principles contained in the conclusions
adopted by the Working Group at its third session,4 which are congruent with the purpose of
international human rights instruments, such as equality, non-discrimination, accountability,
participation and international cooperation, as critical to mainstreaming the right to
development at the national and international levels, and underlines the importance of the
principles of equity and transparency;
13.
Takes note of the reports of the Working Group on its twenty-second and
twenty-third sessions;5
14.
Stresses the importance of the realization of the mandate of the Working
Group, and recognizes the need for renewed efforts with a view to overcoming the existing
political impasse within the Working Group so that it may fulfil, in a timely manner, its
mandate as established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1998/72 and
the Human Rights Council in its resolutions 4/4 and 39/9;
15.
Also stresses the importance of constructive engagement at the twenty-fourth
session of the Working Group, which will continue its consideration, from its twenty-third
session, of the draft convention on the right to development submitted by the ChairRapporteur of the Working Group, and requests the Chair-Rapporteur to submit a second
revised draft convention to the Working Group at its twenty-fourth session for
intergovernmental negotiation and, following that process, to submit the final draft text of
the convention on the right to development to the Human Rights Council;
16.
Further stresses that the Working Group will take into account all resolutions
on the right to development, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 9/3 and 42/23
of 27 September 2019;
17.
Requests the High Commissioner to engage experts for their continued
provision of necessary advice, input and expertise to the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working
Group in the fulfilment of his mandate and the preparation of the second revised draft of the
convention on the right to development, to facilitate the participation of the experts in the
twenty-fourth session of the Working Group and to provide advice with a view to
contributing to discussions on the elaboration of a draft convention on the right to
development, as part of the implementation and realization of the right to development;
18.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of and the thematic study conducted
by the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development,6 requests the Expert Mechanism to
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E/CN.4/2002/28/Rev.1, sect. VIII.A.
A/HRC/51/38 and A/HRC/51/39.
A/HRC/51/36 and A/HRC/51/37.
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