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dimension of the right to development, and how this aspect will make the practical
implementation of the right to development effective at the international, regional and
national levels;
12.
Also welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to
development,6 and requests him to continue to pay particular attention to the implementation
of the right to development, which facilitates the full enjoyment of human rights, in
accordance with his mandate;
13.
Further welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right to
development, in particular the consultations with States and the regional consultations held
by the Special Rapporteur, on the implementation of the right to development, as a result of
which he submitted guidelines and recommendations on the practical implementation of the
right to development to the Human Rights Council at its forty-second session;7
14.
Reiterates its decision to continue to act to ensure that its agenda promotes and
advances sustainable development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals, and in this regard leads to raising the right to development, as set out in paragraphs 5
and 10 of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, to the same level and on a par
with all other human rights and fundamental freedoms;
15.
Stresses that the Working Group will take into account all resolutions on the
right to development, in particular Human Rights Council resolutions 9/3 and 42/23;
16.
Takes note of the report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on
the importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development submitted to the
Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 39/9;8
17.
Welcomes the appointment of the members of the subsidiary expert mechanism
as established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 42/23 with a view to provide
the Council with thematic expertise on the right to development in searching for, identifying
and sharing best practices;
18.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to give high priority
to the right to development, to pursue further work in this area in full cooperation with the
Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in its activities, and to provide the Expert
Mechanism with all the assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of its mandate;
19.
Encourages all States to cooperate with and to assist the Expert Mechanism in
its tasks, and to supply all necessary information requested, where available, for the
fulfilment of the mandate entrusted to it;
20.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to participate in relevant international
dialogues and policy forums relating to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including
the high-level political forum on sustainable development, financing for development,
climate change and disaster risk reduction with a view to enhance the integration of the right
to development in these forums and dialogues, and requests Member States, international
organizations, United Nations agencies, regional economic commissions and other relevant
organizations to facilitate the meaningful participation of the Special Rapporteur in these
forums and dialogues;
21.
Invites the Special Rapporteur to provide advice to States, international
financial and economic institutions and other relevant entities, the corporate sector and civil
society on measures to achieve the goals and targets relating to the means of implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for the full realization of the right to development;
22.
Requests all special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the
Human Rights Council regularly and systematically to integrate the right to development
perspective into the implementation of their mandates;
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A/HRC/45/15.
See A/HRC/42/38.
A/HRC/45/40.
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