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Recalling further the principles proclaimed in the Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development of 14 June 1992,4
Mindful that the Commission on Human Rights continues to consider this
matter, which is directed towards the implementation and further enhancement
of the right to development,
Noting the need for coordination and cooperation throughout the United
Nations system for a more effective promotion of the right to development,
Recognizing that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
and the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat have important roles to
play in the promotion and protection of the right to development,
Reaffirming the need for action at the national and international levels
by all States to realize all human rights, and the need for relevant
evaluation mechanisms to ensure the promotion, encouragement and reinforcement
of the principles contained in the Declaration on the Right to Development,
Welcoming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the
World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,5 which reaffirms the right
to development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of
all fundamental human rights and reaffirms that the human person is the
central subject of development,
Recalling that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action examined
the relationship between democracy, development and human rights, and
recognizing the importance of creating a favourable environment in which
everyone may enjoy their human rights as set out in the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action,
Recalling also that, in order to promote development, equal attention
and urgent consideration should be given to the implementation, promotion and
protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and
recognizing that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent
and interrelated and that the universality, objectivity, impartiality and
non-selectivity of the consideration of human rights issues must be ensured,
Noting that aspects of the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development, adopted by the Conference on
13 September 1994,6 the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the
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See Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1(Vol. I and Vol.
I/Corr.1, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol. III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions Adopted by the
Conference, resolution 1, annex I.
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A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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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.
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