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The right to development
and beneficiaries of development, 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;
40. 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 ret raining,
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;
41. 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;
42. 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;
43. 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;
44. 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;
45. Calls upon the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United
Nations system 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;
46. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of Member States, United Nations organs and bodies, the specialized
agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, international
development and financial institutions, in particular the Bretton Woods institutions,
and non-governmental organizations;
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