The right to development A/RES/70/155 used, as appropriate, in the elaboration of a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development; 8. Emphasizes the importance of the Working Group taking appropriate steps to ensure respect for and practical application of the above -mentioned standards, which could take various forms, including the elaboration of guidelines on the implementation of the right to development, and evolve into a basis for t he consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature through a collaborative process of engagement; 9. Recalls the request made to the Working Group to consider at its seventeenth session a document, to be produced by its Chair -Rapporteur, containing a set of standards for the implementation of the right to development based on relevant United Nations resolutions and documents, including the Declaration on the Right to Development, relevant international conventions and decisions as well as internationally agreed development goals and United Nations resolutions, in consultation with Member States, relevant international organizations and other stakeholders; 10. Also recalls that the above-mentioned document would be prepared without prejudice to the ongoing discussions on the criteria and operational subcriteria, in the context of which the Working Group shall complete its second reading at its seventeenth session and decide on further action thereafter, with the objective of elaborating a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development; 11. Decides to convene a two-day formal meeting of the Working Group, after its seventeenth session, to consider further and discuss the document containing the draft set of standards; 12. Stresses the importance of the core principles contained in the conclusions of the Working Group at its third session 18 that are congruent with the purpose of international human rights instruments, such as equality, non discrimination, accountability, participation and international cooperation, as critical to mainstreaming the right to development at the national and international levels, and underlines the importance of the principles of equity and transparency; 13. Also stresses that it is important that the Chair-Rapporteur and the Working Group, in the discharge of their mandates, take into account the need: (a) To promote the democratization of the system of international governance in order to increase the effective participation of developing countries in international decision-making; (b) To also promote effective partnerships such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development 11 and other similar initiatives with the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, for the purpose of the reali zation of their right to development, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; (c) To strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and realization of the right to development at the international level, while urging all States t o undertake at the national level the necessary policy formulation and to institute the measures required for the implementation of the right to development as an integral part of all _______________ 18 See E/CN.4/2002/28/Rev.1, sect. VIII.A. 5/10