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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
eighth 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 renewed
2.
for a period of two years by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4,6 with
the recognition that the Working Group will convene annual sessions of five
working days and present its reports to the Council;
2H
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 for a period of two years by the
Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4, with the further recognition that the task
force will convene annual sessions of seven working days and present 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:
(a) To promote and advance sustainable development and the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals;
(b) To agree on a programme of work that will 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 and on a par with all other human rights
and fundamental freedoms;
3H
5.
Notes with appreciation that the high-level task force, at its second
meeting, examined millennium development goal 8, on developing a global
partnership for development, and suggested criteria for its periodic evaluation with
the aim of improving the effectiveness of global partnership with regard to the
realization of the right to development; 10
9F
6.
Stresses the importance of endorsement of the road map outlined in
paragraphs 52 to 54 of the report of the Working Group on its eighth session, which
would ensure that the criteria for the periodic evaluation of global partnerships, as
identified in millennium development goal 8, prepared by the high-level task force
and being progressively developed and refined by the Working Group, are extended
to other components of millennium development goal 8 no later than 2009;
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See E/CN.4/2005/WG.18/TF/3.
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