The right to development A/RES/71/192 particular Commission resolution 1998/72 of 22 April 1998 9 on the urgent need to make further progress towards the realization of the right to development, Recalling further the outcome of the seventeenth session of the Working Group on the Right to Development of the Human Rights Council, held in Geneva from 25 April to 3 May 2016, as contained in the report of the Working Group 10 and as referred to in the report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 11 Recalling the Seventeenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held on Margarita Island, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, from 13 to 18 September 2016, and the previous summits and conferences at which the States members of the Movement of Non -Aligned Countries stressed the need to operationalize the right to development as a priority, including through the elaboration of a convention on the right to development by the relevant machinery, taking into account the recommendations of relevant initiatives, Reiterating its continuing support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development 12 as a development framework for Africa, Expressing its appreciation for the efforts of the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development and the members of the high -level task force on the implementation of the right to development in completin g the 2008–2010 three-phase road map established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4 of 30 March 2007, 13 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 level, 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, _______________ 9 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 3 (E/1998/23), chap. II, sect. A. 10 A/HRC/33/45. 11 A/HRC/33/31. 12 A/57/304, annex. 13 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53), chap. III, sect. A. 3/11