A/RES/58/172
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Stresses the importance of the core principles contained in the
conclusions of the third session of the Working Group, 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 international level, and underlines the
importance of the principles of equity and transparency;
Reaffirms the commitment to implement the goals and targets set out in
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all the outcome documents of the major United Nations conferences and summits
and their review processes, in particular those relating to the realization of the right
to development, recognizing that the realization of the right to development is
critical to achieving the objectives, goals and targets set in those outcome
documents;
Reaffirms also that the realization of the right to development is essential
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to the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,3 which
regards all human rights as universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
places the human person at the centre of development and recognizes that, while
development facilitates the enjoyment of all human rights, the lack of development
may not be invoked to justify the abridgement of internationally recognized human
rights;
Stresses that the basic responsibility for the promotion and protection of
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all human rights lies with the State, and reaffirms that States have the primary
responsibility for their own economic and social development and that the role of
national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized;
Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility for the creation of
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national and international conditions favourable to the realization of the right to
development and their commitment to cooperating with each other to that end;
Reaffirms also the need for an international environment that is
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conducive to the realization of the right to development;
9.
Stresses the need to strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and
realization of the right to development at the international and national levels, and
calls upon States to institute the measures required for the implementation of the
right to development as a fundamental human right;
10. Emphasizes the critical importance of identifying and analysing obstacles
impeding the full realization of the right to development at both the national and the
international levels;
11. Affirms that, while globalization offers both opportunities and challenges,
the process of globalization remains deficient in achieving the objectives of
integrating all countries into a globalized world, and stresses the need for policies
and measures at the national and global levels to respond to the challenges and
opportunities of globalization if this process is to be made fully inclusive and
equitable;
12. Recognizes that, despite continuous efforts on the part of the
international community, the gap between developed and developing countries
remains unacceptably wide, that developing countries continue to face difficulties in
participating in the globalization process and that many risk being marginalized and
effectively excluded from its benefits;
13. Reaffirms the commitment, and urges developed countries that have not
yet done so, to make concrete efforts towards meeting the targets of 0.7 per cent of
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