A/78/213 references to cultural rights. 79 This of course greatly impedes their capacities to include cultural rights in their planning and monitoring sche mes. IV. Ways forward A. The right to development approach 75. As long as States continue to compartmentalize their obligations as members of different organizations and participants in different international regimes, the international development and trade governance system will remain highly fragmented, and cultural rights, which affect every aspect of life and development, will not be easily and fully implemented. The disconnect that exists between development structures and human rights allows for the disregard of States’ binding human rights obligations while pursuing trade negotiations. 80 States must take into consideration human rights concerns at all stages of the development and trade processes. Only then can cultural rights have a chance of being implemented in a comprehensive manner in sustainable development. Looking at international development and trade organizations without recognizing the role that States play in the actions of such organizations does not address the core of the issue . 76. The right to development approach is the basis of solidarity and cooperation in States’ collective actions in international organizations or in other global or regional partnerships. 81 Under the right to development approach, fulfilling civil and pol itical rights is as important as fulfilling cultural, economic and social rights, in their substantive, constitutive and interdependent roles. A violation of any right is tantamount to a failure to realize the right to development. B. More collaboration among entities 77. The Special Rapporteur noted the weakness of the mechanisms for cooperation and knowledge-sharing between the relevant entities. In other words, the conditions for the exercise of cultural rights within the institutions – recognition of and respect for one’s own cultural capital and access to the knowledge and creativity of others – are weak. Promising signs emerge in cases where international development agencies coordinate and learn from their respective experiences. For example, to identify the relevant groups in the preparation of a recent project, the World Bank strongly benefited from consulting with the United Nations country team and representatives of the Red Cross, who had a more experience and a wealth of knowledge in the country. These types of consultations, if they are systematically integrated into the policies and processes of international development agencies, could foster a better recognition of the rights holders and their cultural dynamics, and prevent the negative impact of projects on their cultural rights. 78. The institutions leading the international governance of development and trade would benefit from multi-stakeholder and multicultural experiences at the regional, national and local levels. Many of the contributions received by the Special Rapporteur during the preparation of the present report testify to the added value of bringing together persons from multiple perspectives, including the most marginalized, having them interact and discuss the orientations they would want for __________________ 79 80 81 23-14310 United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Inter-Agency Common Learning Package on Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming (2017). See Mihir Kanade, The Multilateral Trading System and Human Rights (Routledge, 2019), p. 196. See A/HRC/51/36, para. 7. 21/24