A/RES/50/184
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Noting that aspects of the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development, 6/ the Copenhagen Declaration on
Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social
Development, adopted by the World Summit on 12 March 1995, 7/ and the
Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted by the Fourth World
Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, 8/ are relevant to the universal
realization of the right to development,
Welcoming the convening of the United Nations Conference on Human
Settlements (Habitat II) in 1996, and affirming that this Conference
constitutes another important international step towards the realization of
the right to development, within the context of promoting and protecting all
human rights,
Taking note of the work of the Working Group on the Right to Development
during its fourth 9/ and fifth 10/ sessions, held at Geneva from 15 to
26 May 1995 and from 27 September to 6 October 1995,
Having considered the note by the Secretary-General, 11/ prepared
pursuant to General Assembly resolution 49/183,
1.
Reaffirms the importance of the right to development for every
human person and all peoples in all countries, in particular the developing
countries, as an integral part of fundamental human rights;
2.
Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General ;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on
Human Rights at its fifty-second session a report on the implementation of
Commission resolution 1995/17;
4.
Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to consider carefully
the reports of the Working Group on the Right to Development, to assess
whether the Working Group has been able to complete its mandate and to
consider thoroughly the necessity to reconvene the Working Group;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue coordination of the
various activities with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the
Right to Development;
6/
Report of the International Conference on Population and
Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
7/
A/CONF.166/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
8/
A/CONF.177/20, chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
9/
See E/CN.4/1996/10.
10/
See E/CN.4/1996/24.
11/
A/50/729.
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