A/RES/64/172 Recognizing further that historical injustices have undeniably 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, Stressing that poverty eradication is one of the critical elements in the promotion and realization of the right to development and that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted and integrated approach in addressing economic, political, social, environmental and institutional dimensions at all levels, especially in the context of the millennium development goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, Endorses the conclusions and recommendations adopted by consensus by 1. the Working Group on the Right to Development of the Human Rights Council at its tenth session,8 and calls for their immediate, full and effective implementation by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other relevant actors; 1H Supports the realization of the mandate of the Working Group, as 2. renewed by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 9/3 of 24 September 2008, 11 with the recognition that the Working Group will convene annual sessions of five working days and submit its reports to the Council; 10F Also supports the realization of the mandate of the high-level task force 3. on the implementation of the right to development established within the framework of the Working Group, as renewed by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 9/3, with the further recognition that the task force will convene annual sessions of seven working days and submit its reports to the Working Group; Emphasizes the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 4. 60/251 of 15 March 2006 establishing the Human Rights Council, and in this regard calls upon the Council to implement the agreement to continue to act to ensure that its agenda promotes and advances sustainable development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and also in this regard to lead to raising the right to development, as set out in paragraphs 5 and 10 of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,3 to the same level as and on a par with all other human rights and fundamental freedoms; 2H Notes with appreciation that the high-level task force, at its second 5. meeting, examined millennium development goal 8, on developing a global partnership for development, and suggested criteria for a periodic evaluation with the aim of improving the effectiveness of global partnership with regard to the realization of the right to development; 12 1F 6. Endorses the recommendations of the Working Group, as outlined in paragraphs 44 to 46 of its report,8 which would ensure that the right to development criteria and corresponding operational sub-criteria, to be submitted by the high-level task force to the Working Group at its eleventh session in 2010, together with suggestions for further work, address, in a comprehensive and coherent manner, the 3H _______________ 11 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/63/53/Add.1), chap. I. 12 See E/CN.4/2005/WG.18/TF/3. 3