A/HRC/RES/18/26
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
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*
18/26
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 Human Rights Council resolutions 4/4 of 30 March 2007 and 9/3
of 17 September 2008, and recalling all Commission on Human Rights, Council and
General Assembly resolutions on the right to development,
Recognizing the renewed commitments to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals by their target date of 2015, as set out in the outcome document adopted at the Highlevel Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 1
Emphasizing the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for
everyone,
Taking note of 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, encouraging 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,
Stressing the primary responsibility of States for the creation of national and
international conditions favourable to the realization of the right to development,
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The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.
See General Assembly resolution 65/1.