The right to development A/RES/73/166 4. Supports the realization of the mandate of the Working Group on the Right to Development, 15 and recognizes the need for renewed efforts with a view to overcoming the existing political impasse within the Working Group and to fulfil at the earliest its mandate as established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1998/72 11 and the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4 of 30 March 2007; 16 5. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development on its nineteenth session; 17 6. Notes the presentation to the Working Group at its nineteenth session of the set of standards for the implementation of the right to development prepared by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group, 18 which is a useful basis for further deliberations on the implementation and realization of the right to development; 7. Emphasizes the importance of the Working Group taking appropriate steps to ensure respect for and the 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 evolve into a basis for the consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature through a collaborative process of engagement; 8. Calls upon Member States to contribute to the efforts of the Working Group, including by considering the proposed set of standards on the i mplementation and realization of the right to development, and in that context underscores the importance of finalizing the criteria and subcriteria of the right to development; 9. Stresses the importance of the core principles contained in the conclusion s of the Working Group at its third session 19 that are 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 Chair-Rapporteur 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 Development 13 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 Sustainable 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 all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also while urging all States to expand and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in ensuring development and eliminating __________________ 15 16 17 18 19 18-22261 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/63/53/Add.1), chap. I. Ibid., Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53), chap. III, sect. A. A/HRC/39/56. A/HRC/WG.2/17/2. See E/CN.4/2002/28/Rev.1, sect. VIII.A. 5/10