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7.
Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to consider carefully
the report of the first session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts 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, bearing in mind the conclusions
of the Working Group on the Right to Development established by the Commission
on Human Rights in its resolution 1993/22 of 4 March 199310 and the
conclusions of the World Conference on Human Rights and of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, the International Conference on
Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the
Fourth World Conference on Women and the United Nations Conference on Human
Settlements (Habitat II);
8.
Notes the efforts made by the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights within his mandate, and encourages him to continue the
coordination of the various activities with regard to the implementation of
the Declaration on the Right to Development, including a programmatic followup to the establishment in the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat of a
new branch, the primary responsibilities of which include the promotion of the
right to development, as part of the effort to implement the Vienna
Declaration and Programme of Action;5
9.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
within his mandate, to continue to take steps for the promotion and protection
of the right to development by, inter alia, working in conjunction with the
Centre for Human Rights and drawing on the expertise of the funds, programmes
and specialized agencies of the United Nations system related to the field of
development;
10.
Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human
Rights at its fifty-third session and the General Assembly at its fifty-second
session of the activities of the organizations, funds, programmes and
specialized agencies of the United Nations system for the implementation of
the Declaration on the Right to Development, as well as obstacles identified
by them to the realization of the right to development;
11.
Calls upon all Member States to make further concrete efforts at
the national and international levels to remove the obstacles to the
realization of the right to development;
12.
Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to continue to make
proposals to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council, on
the future course of action on the question, in particular on practical
measures for the implementation and enhancement of the Declaration on the
Right to Development, including comprehensive and effective measures to
eliminate obstacles to its implementation, taking into account the conclusions
and recommendations of the Global Consultation on the Realization of the Right
to Development as a Human Right, the reports of the Working Group on the Right
to Development and the report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts to
elaborate a strategy for the implementation and promotion of the right to
development;
10
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement
No. 3 (E/1993/23), chap. II, sect. A.
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