A/RES/51/99 Page 3 Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, adopted by the World Summit on 12 March 1995,7 the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995,8 and the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held at Istanbul, Turkey, from 3 to 14 June 1996, are relevant to the universal realization of the right to development, within the context of promoting and protecting all human rights, Expressing concern that obstacles to the realization of the right to development still exist, at both the national and international levels, ten years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, Noting that the first session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts established by the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a strategy for the implementation and promotion of the right to development, as set forth in the Declaration on the Right to Development, in its integrated and multidimensional aspects, was held at Geneva from 4 to 15 November 1996, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 50/184,9 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. Urges States to pursue the promotion and protection of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and the implementation of comprehensive development programmes, integrating these rights into development activities; 3. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;9 4. Reiterates its commitment to implementing the results of the World Conference on Human Rights, which reaffirm that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-third session a report on the implementation of Commission resolution 1996/15; 6. Reiterates that lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires effective development policies at the national level, as well as equitable economic relations and a favourable economic environment at the international level; 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 A/51/539. /...