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and by halting all measures that might have a negative impact on the right to development,
in accordance with the Charter, the Declaration on the Right to Development and other
relevant international instruments and documents,
Recalling the commencement of the elaboration of a draft convention on the right to
development, 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,
Welcoming the “Informal discussions on the right to development: challenges and
opportunities in achieving its realization”, organized virtually by the chairmanship of
Azerbaijan of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with multi-stakeholder participation,
on 29 April 2022, about the promotion of the right to development and its realization,
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 mandate holders shall discharge the duties of
their mandates 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 urgent need to strive for greater acceptance,
operationalization and the 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.
Also acknowledges the contribution of civil society actors and other
stakeholders to the implementation of the right to development, especially at the grass-roots
level;
4.
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;
5.
Calls upon Member 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 COVID19 vaccines, and to enable international cooperation;
6.
Welcomes the consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development; 3
7.
Recognizes that the full-day high-level meeting on the promotion and
protection of the right to development, as a celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the
Declaration on the Right to Development, to be held at the fifty-second session of the Human
Rights Council, presents a significant opportunity for the international community to
demonstrate and reiterate its unequivocal commitment to the right to development,
recognizing the high profile it deserves and redoubling its efforts to implement this right;
8.
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;
9.
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
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