A/RES/72/167
The right to development
Deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the global economic and
financial crises on the realization of the right to development,
Recognizing that, while development facilitates the enjoyment of all human
rights, the lack of development may not be invoked to justify the abridgement of
internationally recognized human rights,
Recognizing also that Member States should cooperate with one another in
ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development, that the
international community should promote effective international cooperation, in
particular to revitalize a global partnership for development, for the realization of the
right to development and the elimination of obstacles to development and 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 le vel,
Recognizing further that poverty is an affront to human dignity,
Recognizing that extreme poverty and hunger are among the greatest global
threats and require the collective commitment of the international community for their
eradication, pursuant to Millennium Development Goal 1 and Sustainable
Development Goals 1 and 2, and therefore calling upon the international community,
including the Human Rights Council, to contribute towards achieving that goal,
Recognizing also that historical injustices, inter alia, have contributed to the
poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion, economic disparity,
instability and insecurity that affect many people in different parts of the world, in
particular in developing countries,
Recognizing further that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions,
including extreme poverty, is one of the critical elements in the promotion and
realization of the right to development and is the greatest global challenge and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development, which requires a
multifaceted and integrated approach, and committed to achieving sustainable
development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a
balanced and integrated manner,
Emphasizing that all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the
right to development, are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
Emphasizing also that the right to development should be central to the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda,
Recalling the appointment made by the Human Rights Council in its resolution
33/14 of 29 September 2016 of a Special Rapporteur on the right to development,
whose mandate should add value to the work of the Wor king Group on the Right to
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Encouraging relevant bodies of the United Nations system, within their
respective mandates, including the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of
the United Nations system, relevant international organizations, including the World
Trade Organization, and relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations,
to give due consideration to the right to development in the implementation of the
2030 Agenda and to cooperate with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights in the fulfilment of his mandate with regard to the implementation of
the right to development,
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Ibid., Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigendum (A/71/53/Add.1 and
A/71/53/Add.1/Corr.1), chap. II.
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