A/RES/73/166
The right to development
obstacles to development in the context of promoting effective international
cooperation for the realization of the right to development, bearing in mind that
lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires
effective development policies at the national level and a favourable economic
environment at the international level;
(d) To consider ways and means to continue to ensure the operationalization
of the right to development as a priority;
(e) To mainstream the right to development in the policies and operational
activities of the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations
system, as well as in the policies and strategies of the international financial and
multilateral trading systems, bearing in mind in this regard that the core principles of
the international economic, commercial and financial spheres, such as equity,
non-discrimination, transparency, accountability, participation and international
cooperation, including effective partnerships for development, are indispensable in
achieving the right to development and preventing discriminatory treatment arising
from political or other non-economic considerations in addressing the issues of
concern to the developing countries;
11. Encourages the Human Rights Council to continue to consider how to
ensure follow-up to the work of the former Subcommission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights on the right to development, in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the
Commission on Human Rights and in compliance with decisions to be taken by the
Council;
12. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the
right to development, 20 which underlines the link between South-South cooperation,
sustainable development and the right to development, and requests him to pay
particular attention to the implementation of the right to development, in accordance
with his mandate;
13. Stresses that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for, but rather a
complement to, North-South cooperation and hence should not result in a reduction
of North-South cooperation or hamper progress in fulfilling existing official
development assistance commitments, and encourages Member States and other
relevant stakeholders to incorporate the right to development into the design,
financing and implementation of cooperation processes;
14. Urges Member States, the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and other relevant specialized agencies, funds and
programmes of the United Nations system to provide the Special Rapporteur on the
right to development with all the assistance and support necessary for the fulfilment
of his mandate;
15. Reaffirms the commitment to implement the goals and targets set out in all
the outcome documents of the major United Nations conferences and summit s and
their review processes, in particular those relating to the realization of the right to
development, recognizing that the realization of the right to development is critical
to achieving the objectives, goals and targets set out in those outcome docu ments;
16. Also reaffirms that the realization of the right to development is essential
to the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which
regards all human rights as universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
places the human person at the centre of development and recognizes that, while
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