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The right to development
42. 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;
43. 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 her next report to the Human Rights Council;
44. Calls upon the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the Unit ed
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;
45. 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;
46. Encourages 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, to contribute further to the work of the Working Group on the Right to
Development and the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and to cooperate
with the High Commissioner in the fulfilment of her mandate with regard to the
implementation of the right to development;
47. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly
at its seventy-fourth session and an interim report to the Human Rights Council on
the implementation of the present resolution, including efforts undertaken at the
national, regional and international levels in the promotion and realization of the right
to development, and invites the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group and the
Special Rapporteur to present an oral report and to engage in an interactive dialogue
with the Assembly at its seventy-fourth session.
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