A/HRC/RES/31/4
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2016
31/4.
Commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the
Declaration on 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 all Commission on Human Rights, Human Rights Council and
General Assembly resolutions on the right to development, the most recent being Council
resolution 30/28 of 2 October 2015,
Emphasizing that all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to
development, are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
Emphasizing also the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for
everyone,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,1
reaffirming that the Declaration on the Right to Development informed the 2030 Agenda,
along with other relevant international instruments, and underlining the fact that the
Sustainable Development Goals can be realized only through a credible, effective and
universal commitment to the means of implementation by all stakeholders,
Emphasizing that the right to development should be central to the implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Encouraging relevant bodies of the United Nations system, within their respective
mandates, including United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies, relevant
international organizations, including the World Trade Organization and relevant
stakeholders, including civil society organizations, to give due consideration to the right to
development in the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
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