The right to development
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the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 3 to the same level as and on a par
with all other human rights and fundamental freedoms;
4.
Supports the realization of the mandate of the Working Group on the
Right to Development, 15 and recognizes the need for renewed efforts with a view to
overcoming the existing political impasse within the Working Group and to fulfil at
the earliest its mandate as established by the Commission on Human Rights in
its resolution 1998/72 11 and the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4 of
30 March 2007; 16
5.
Stresses the importance of the core principles contained in the conclusions
of the Working Group at its third session 17 that 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;
6.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Chair-Rapporteur of the
Working Group on its twentieth session; 18
7.
Notes the presentation to the Working Group at its nineteenth session of
the set of standards for the implementation of the right to development prepared by
the Chair-Rapporteur, 19 which is a useful basis for further deliberations on the
implementation and realization of the right to development;
8.
Calls upon Member States to contribute to the efforts of the Working
Group, including, inter alia, on the elaboration of a draft l egally binding instrument
on the right to development on the basis of the draft prepared by the Chair Rapporteur, as decided by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 42/23 of
27 September 2019; 20
9.
Stresses that it is important that the Chair-Rapporteur and the Working
Group, in the discharge of their mandates, take into account the need:
(a) To promote the democratization of the system of international governance
in order to increase the effective participation of developing countries in international
decision-making;
(b) To also promote effective partnerships such as the New Partnership for
Africa’s Development 13 and other similar initiatives with the developing countries,
particularly the least developed countries, for the purpose of the realization of their
right to development, including the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals;
(c) To strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and realization of the
right to development at the international level, while urging all States to undertake at
the national level the necessary policy formulation and to institute the measures
required for the implementation of the right to development as an integral part of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also while urging all States to expand
and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in ensuring development and eliminating
obstacles to development in the context of promoting effective international
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53A
(A/63/53/Add.1), chap. I.
Ibid., Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53), chap. III, sect. A.
See E/CN.4/2002/28/Rev.1, sect. VIII.A.
A/HRC/42/35 and A/HRC/42/35/Corr.1.
A/HRC/WG.2/17/2.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A
(A/74/53/Add.1), chap. III.
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