Right to Development

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1995.

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13 versions · 1987–1999

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/53/155

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What subjects does this mandate have?

14 topics

Conferences Consultations Coordination Within UN System Declarations Democracy Human Rights Human Settlements Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Recommendations Regional Commissions Right to Development Social Development Women in Development

What does this mandate say?

15 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of the right to development for every human person and all peoples in all countries, in particular the developing countries;

Takes note of the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General; 8/

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-first session a report on the implementation of Commission resolution 1994/21;

Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to consider carefully the reports of the Working Group on the Right to Development 7/ and to request the Working Group, in fulfilling its mandate, to continue to examine and sustain attention to all the various aspects of the right to development, with a view to making recommendations for enhancing the universal realization of the right to development through, inter alia, the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration on the Right to Development, reaffirmed by the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;

Requests the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat to continue to be forthcoming in providing adequate services and logistical support to the Working Group on the Right to Development to ensure the smooth functioning of its meetings;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue coordination of the various activities with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ask the Centre for Human Rights to provide a programmatic follow-up on the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development, as part of the efforts to implement the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, within his mandate, to continue to take steps for the promotion and protection of the right to development by, inter alia, working in conjunction with the Centre for Human Rights and drawing on the expertise of the funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system related to the field of development;

Supports the current initiatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, within his mandate, to consult with all relevant bodies, funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system on how they may promote the right to development;

Invites the regional commissions and regional intergovernmental organizations to consider how they may contribute to the realization of the right to development, including through convening meetings of governmental experts and representative non-governmental and grass-roots organizations for the purpose of seeking arrangements or agreements for the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development through international cooperation;

Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-first session and the General Assembly at its fiftieth session of the activities of the organizations, funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system relating to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development;

Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to continue to make proposals to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, on the future course of action on the question, in particular on practical measures for the implementation and enhancement of the Declaration on the Right to Development, taking into account the conclusions and recommendations of the Global Consultation on the Realization of the Right to Development as a Human Right and the reports of the Working Group on the Right to Development;

Reiterates its commitment to implementing the results of the World Conference on Human Rights, at which it was reaffirmed that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing;

Calls upon States Members of the United Nations to address, within the declarations and programmes of action to be adopted by the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), the elements for the promotion and protection of the principles of the right to development, as set out in the Declaration on the Right to Development;

Decides to consider this question at its fiftieth session under the sub-item entitled "Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms".

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