A/HRC/RES/48/10
Working Group, as mandated by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 39/9, through a
collaborative process of engagement, at the twenty-first session of the Working Group,
Reaffirming Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate Holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge the duties of
the mandate in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Reaffirms its commitment to effectively integrate the right to development into
its work and that of its mechanisms in a systematic and transparent manner;
2.
Acknowledges the need to strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and
realization of the right to development at the international level while urging all Member
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;
3.
Stresses that South-South cooperation is a complement to North-South
cooperation, and hence should not result in the reduction of North-South cooperation or
hamper progress in fulfilling existing official development assistance commitments, and
encourages Member States and other relevant stakeholders to incorporate the right to
development into the design, financing and implementation of cooperation processes;
4.
Calls upon States and other relevant stakeholders to take appropriate measures
to guarantee fair, transparent, equitable, efficient, universal and timely access to and the
distribution of safe, quality, efficacious, effective, accessible and affordable COVID-19
vaccines, and to enable international cooperation;
5.
Welcomes the consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development; 3
6.
Requests the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Human Rights
Council an annual report on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, including on inter-agency coordination within the United
Nations system that has direct relevance to the realization of the right to development, and to
provide an analysis, taking into account existing challenges to the realization of the right to
development, and to make recommendations on how to overcome them and concrete
proposals for supporting the Working Group on the Right to Development in fulfilling its
mandate;
7.
Also requests the High Commissioner to take concrete measures in fulfilment
of her mandated responsibility, and to enhance support for the promotion and protection of
the realization of the right to development, taking as reference the Declaration on the Right
to Development, all resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights
and the Human Rights Council on the right to development and agreed conclusions and
recommendations of the Working Group;
8.
Urges the Office of the High Commissioner, in the implementation of the
Declaration on the Right to Development, to ensure balanced, efficient and visible allocation
of both financial and human resources to the existing mechanisms within the Office,
including the Expert Mechanism of the Right to Development and the Special Rapporteur on
the right to development, for the realization of the right to development, also to ensure the
visibility of the right to development by identifying and implementing tangible projects
dedicated to the right to development, in collaboration with the Expert Mechanism and the
Special Rapporteur, and to provide regular updates to the Human Rights Council in this
regard;
9.
Reiterates the importance of the core principles contained in the conclusions
of the Working Group at its third session4 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
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A/HRC/48/26.
See E/CN.4/2002/28/Rev.1.