A/HRC/RES/33/14 measures required for the implementation of the right to development as an integral part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; 7. Welcomes the celebrations held in 2016 to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, including the convening of the annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, with the theme “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and human rights, with an emphasis on the right to development” at the thirty-first session of the Human Rights Council, the panel discussion on the promotion and protection of the right to development at the thirty-second session of the Council and the high-level segment of the General Assembly to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, held at the seventy-first session of the Assembly, which provided a unique opportunity to Member States to demonstrate and reiterate their political commitment, accord the right to development the great attention it deserves and to redouble their efforts towards the realization of the right to development; 8. Also welcomes the report of the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development on the seventeenth session of the Working Group;3 9. Further welcomes the re-election of the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group and the skill with which he led the discussions at the seventeenth session; 10. Notes the presentation to the Working Group at its seventeenth session of the set of standards for the implementation of the right to development prepared by the ChairRapporteur of the Working Group,4 which is a useful basis for further deliberations on the implementation and realization of the right to development; 11. Requests the Working Group to continue to consider criteria and operational subcriteria with a view to finalizing the text as expeditiously as possible, preferably no later than its nineteenth session; 12. Requests the High Commissioner to facilitate the participation of experts in the eighteenth session of the Working Group, to provide advice with a view to contributing to discussions on the implementation and realization of the right to development, including the implications of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and looks forward to the possible engagement of the Working Group with the high-level political forum; 13. Decides: (a) To continue to act to ensure that its agenda promotes and advances sustainable development and the achievement of the remaining Millennium Development Goals and of the Sustainable Development Goals, and in this regard lead 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; (b) To endorse the recommendations of the Working Group adopted at its seventeenth session; (c) That the Working Group, taking into account Human Rights Council resolution 9/3, shall finalize consideration of the criteria and operational subcriteria, preferably no later than the nineteenth session of the Working Group, in relation to the elaboration of a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development, and shall also take appropriate steps to ensure respect for the practical 3 4 4 A/HRC/33/45. A/HRC/WG.2/17/2.