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Working Group, 8 and emphasizes the need to continue deliberations on the right to
development in all its aspects, inter alia, on the basis of the report of the Working
Group and the Chairperson’s conclusions, as well as comments submitted thereon;
2.
Emphasizes that, on the basis of the text of the Declaration on the Right
to Development, 10 several resolutions and declarations adopted by consensus at
subsequent international conferences and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action,1 it should now be possible to reach consensus on the full implementation of
the right to development;
3.
Expresses its appreciation for the reports of the independent expert on
the right to development and his additional work on and clarifications of the
“development compact” proposal, which contributed to a better understanding of
that proposal, while recognizing that further clarification is still needed;
4.
Recognizes that any development compact would be of a voluntary nature
for all parties involved and that its content would be defined on a case-by-case basis
and be adapted to the priorities and realities of any country willing to conclude such
a compact, which would need the adherence and the support of all international
actors involved in its implementation;
5.
Notes the request by the Commission on Human Rights that the
independent expert clarify further the proposed development compact, taking into
consideration views expressed during the two sessions of the Working Group and in
broad consultation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and United Nations funds and programmes, as well as the specialized
agencies, relevant international and regional organizations, non-governmental
organizations and, in particular, those actors and States interested in developing
pilot projects in this regard, keeping in mind:
(a) The ongoing bilateral, regional and multilateral development cooperation
programmes;
(b)
The formulation of an operational model for a development compact;
(c) The views of concerned international organizations and agencies and
relevant regional institutions and actors;
(d) The need to ensure the added value of a development compact to and its
complementarity with the relevant existing mechanisms;
(e) The need to address and remedy the national and international
dimensions of corruption;
(f) The need for country-specific studies from both a national and an
international perspective;
6.
Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility for the creation of
national and international conditions favourable to the realization of the right to
development and that they are committed to cooperating with each other to that end;
7.
Also reaffirms that the realization of the right to development is essential
to the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which
regards all human rights as universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
and which also places the human person at the centre of development and
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Resolution 41/128, annex.
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