A/RES/73/166
The right to development
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,
Recognizing also that historical injustices, inter alia, have 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,
Recognizing further that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions,
including extreme poverty, is one of the critical elements in the promotion and
realization of the right to development and is the greatest global challenge and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development, which requires a
multifaceted and integrated approach, and committed to achieving sustainable
development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a
balanced and integrated manner,
Emphasizing that all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the
right to development, are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
Emphasizing also that the right to development is vital for the full realization of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and should be central to its
implementation,
Encouraging 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 and to cooperate with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights in the fulfilment of her mandate with regard to the implementation of
the right to development,
1.
Takes note of the consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning the promotion and
realization of the right to development; 14
2.
Acknowledges the need 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 all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
3.
Emphasizes the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution
60/251 of 15 March 2006 establishing the Human Rights Council, and in this r egard
calls upon the Council to implement the agreement to continue to act to ensure that
its agenda promotes and advances sustainable development, including the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 5 which seeks to build on the Millennium
Development Goals and complete what they did not achieve, and also in this regard
to lead the raising of 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;
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