A/RES/52/136 Page 4 Expressing further concern that the Declaration on the Right to Development is insufficiently disseminated and should be taken into account, as appropriate, in bilateral and multilateral cooperation programmes, national development strategies and policies and activities of international organizations, Having considered the note by the Secretary-General on the right to development,8 prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/99 of 12 December 1996, 1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General; 2. Reaffirms the importance of the right to development for every human person and for all peoples in all countries, in particular the developing countries, as an integral part of fundamental human rights, as well as the potential contribution its realization could make to the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; 3. Recognizes that the Declaration on the Right to Development1 constitutes an integral link between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights9 and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action2 through its elaboration of a holistic vision integrating economic, social and cultural rights with civil and political rights; 4. Reiterates its commitment to implementing the results of the World Conference on Human Rights, which reaffirm that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing; 5. Also reiterates that lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires effective development policies at the national level, as well as an equitable economic environment at the international level; 6. Reaffirms the need for States to cooperate with a view to promoting, encouraging and strengthening universal respect for and observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without any distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; 7. Stresses that human rights should not be used as an instrument of trade protectionism; 8. Takes note of the importance given to human rights by the Secretary-General in his measures and proposals for the reform of the United Nations,10 and urges him to give high priority to the promotion and realization of the right to development; 9. Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to consider carefully the report of the second session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts to elaborate a strategy for the implementation and promotion of the right to development, as set forth in the Declaration on the Right to Development, in 8 A/52/473. 9 Resolution 217 A (III). 10 See A/52/303 and Add.1. /...