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5.
Endorses the recommendations of the Working Group, as outlined in
paragraphs 45 to 47 of its report,8 which would ensure that the two compilations of
the submissions to be received from Governments, groups of Governments and
regional groups as well as the inputs to be received from other stakeholders, on the
work of the high-level task force and the way forward, will be presented to the
Working Group at its twelfth session, in 2011;
Stresses the importance that views requested of Member States and
6.
relevant stakeholders on the work of the high-level task force and the way forward
take into consideration the essential features of the right to development, using as a
reference the Declaration on the Right to Development 14 and resolutions on the right
to development of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council
and the General Assembly;
Also stresses that the above-mentioned compilations of views, criteria
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and corresponding operational sub-criteria, once considered, revised and endorsed
by the Working Group, should be used, as appropriate, in the elaboration of a
comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to
development;
Emphasizes the importance of the Working Group taking appropriate
8.
steps to ensure respect for and practical application of the above-mentioned
standards, which could take various forms, including the elaboration of guidelines
on the implementation of the right to development, and to develop the standards into
a basis for consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature,
through a collaborative process of engagement;
Stresses the importance of the core principles contained in the
9.
conclusions of the Working Group at its third session, 15 congruent with the purpose
of international human rights instruments, such as equality, non-discrimination,
accountability, participation and international cooperation, as critical to
mainstreaming the right to development at the national and international levels, and
underlines the importance of the principles of equity and transparency;
10. Also stresses that it is important that the high-level task force and the
Working Group, in the discharge of their mandates, take into account the need:
(a) To promote the democratization of the system of international
governance in order to increase the effective participation of developing countries in
international decision-making;
(b) To also promote effective partnerships such as the New Partnership for
Africa’s Development10 and other similar initiatives with the developing countries,
particularly the least developed countries, for the purpose of the realization of their
right to development, including the achievement of the Millennium Development
Goals;
(c) To strive for greater acceptance, operationalization and realization of the
right to development at the international level, while urging all States to undertake
at the national level the necessary policy formulation and to institute the measures
required for the implementation of the right to development as an integral part of
fundamental human rights, and also urging all States to expand and deepen mutually
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Resolution 41/128, annex.
See E/CN.4/2002/28/Rev.1, sect. VIII.A.