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development in completing the 2008–2010 three-phase road map established by the
Human Rights Council in its resolution 4/4 of 30 March 2007, 11
Deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the global economic and
financial crises on the realization of the right to development,
Recognizing that poverty is an affront to human dignity,
Recognizing also that extreme poverty and hunger are the greatest global
threat that requires the collective commitment of the international community for its
eradication, pursuant to Millennium Development Goal 1, and therefore calling
upon the international community, including the Human Rights Council, to
contribute towards achieving that goal,
Recognizing further that historical injustices have undeniably 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,
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
eleventh 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;
Supports the realization of the mandate of the Working Group, as
2.
renewed by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 9/3 of 24 September 2008, 12
with the recognition that the Working Group will convene annual sessions of five
working days and submit its reports to the Council;
Emphasizes the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution
3.
60/251 of 15 March 2006 establishing the Human Rights Council, and in this regard
calls upon the Council to implement the agreement to continue to act to ensure that
its agenda promotes and advances sustainable development and the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals, and also in this regard to 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 as and on a par with all other human
rights and fundamental freedoms;
4.
Notes with appreciation that the high-level task force on the
implementation of the right to development continued its work, including the
consolidation of findings and the list of right to development criteria and
corresponding operational sub-criteria; 13
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11
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53),
chap. III, sect. A.
12
Ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/63/53/Add.1), chap. I.
13
See A/HRC/15/WG.2/TF/2 and Corr.1 and Add.1 and Corr.1 and Add. 2.
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