The right to development
A/RES/70/155
adopted on 19 September 2011, 20 with its particular focus on development and other
challenges and social and economic impacts, particularly for developing countries;
36. Recalls the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”; 21
37. Also recalls the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , 22
which entered into force on 3 May 2008, and stresses the need to take into
consideration the rights of persons with disabilities and the importance of
international cooperation in support of national efforts in the realization of the right
to development;
38. Stresses its commitment to indigenous peoples in the process of the
realization of the right to development, reaffirms the commitment to promote their
rights in the areas of education, employment, vocational training and retraining,
housing, sanitation, health and social security, in accordance with recognized
international human rights obligations, and taking into account, as appropriate, the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the
General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007, and in this regard
recalls the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World
Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held in 2014;
39. Recognizes the need for strong partnerships with civil society
organizations and the private sector in pursuit of poverty eradication and
development, as well as for corporate social responsibility;
40. Emphasizes the urgent need to take concrete and effective measures to
prevent, combat and criminalize all forms of corruption at all levels, to prevent,
detect and deter in a more effective manner international transfers of illicitly
acquired assets and to strengthen international cooperation in asset recovery,
consistent with the principles of the United Nations Convention against
Corruption, 23 particularly chapter V thereof, stresses the importance of a genuine
political commitment on the part of all Governments through a firm legal
framework, and in this context urges States to sign and ratify the Convention as
soon as possible and States parties to implement it effectively;
41. Also emphasizes the need to strengthen further the activities of the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the promotion and
realization of the right to development, including by ensuring the effective use of
the financial and human resources necessary to fulfil its mandate, and calls upon the
Secretary-General to provide the Office with the necessary resources;
42. Reaffirms the request to the High Commissioner, in mainstreaming the
right to development, to effectively undertake activities aimed at strengthening the
global partnership for development among Member States, development agencies
and the international development, financial and trade institutions and to reflect
those activities in detail in his next report to the Human Rights Council;
43. Calls upon the United Nations funds and programmes, as well as the
specialized agencies, to mainstream the right to development in their operational
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Resolution 66/2, annex.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
22
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.
23
Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.
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