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Right to Development

A/RES/42/117No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105cRight to development, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 1987–1999
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/53/155
  • 1999A/RES/53/155Right to developmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1998A/RES/52/136Right to developmentCompare with previous version
  • 1997A/RES/51/99Right to developmentCompare with previous version
  • 1996A/RES/50/184Right to developmentCompare with previous version
  • 1995A/RES/49/183Right to developmentCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
DeclarationsRight to Development

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
2
Calls upon the Working Group of Governmental Experts on the Right to Development, at its eleventh session, to study the analytical compilation to be prepared by the Secretary-General of all replies received, if necessary together with the individual replies, and to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-fourth session its recommendations and suggestions on which proposals would best contribute to the further enhancement and implementation of the Declaration;
3
Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to consider at its forty-fourth session the report, recommendations and suggestions of the Working Group, as well as all other relevant materials, including the analytical compilation, with a view to deciding on practical measures to implement the Declaration, including specific proposals concerning future work;
4
Invites the Commission on Human Rights to report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session, through the Economic and Social Council, on organizational and substantial measures to implement the Declaration at all levels;
5
Decides to consider this question at its forty-third session under the item entitled "Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms".

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