The right to development
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40. Calls upon the United Nations funds and programmes, as well as the
specialized agencies, to mainstream the right to development in their operational
programmes and objectives, and stresses the need for the international financial and
multilateral trading systems to mainstream the right to development in their policies
and objectives;
41. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of Member States, United Nations organs and bodies, specialized agencies,
funds and programmes, international development and financial institutions, in
particular the Bretton Woods institutions, and non-governmental organizations;
42. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its sixty-ninth session and an interim report to the Human Rights
Council on the implementation of the present resolution, including efforts
undertaken at the national, regional and international levels in the promotion and
realization of the right to development, and invites the Chair-Rapporteur of the
Working Group to present an oral report and to engage in an interactive dialogue
with the Assembly at its sixty-ninth session.
70th plenary meeting
18 December 2013
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