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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 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,
Recalling further 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,
4/
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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