Right to Development, G.A. res. 50/184, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/184 (1995)


 
      The General Assembly,
 
      Reaffirming the Declaration on the Right to Development, which it
proclaimed at its forty-first session,
 
      Recalling its resolutions 45/97 of 14 December 1990, 46/123 of 17
December 1991, 47/123 of 18 December 1992, 48/130 of 20 December 1993 and
49/183 of 23 December 1994 and those of the Commission on Human Rights
relating to the right to development, and taking note of Commission resolution
1995/17 of 24 February 1995,
 
      Recalling also the report on the Global Consultation on the Realization
of the Right to Development as a Human Right,
 
      Recalling further the principles proclaimed in the Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development of 14 June 1992,
 
      Mindful that the Commission on Human Rights continues to consider this
matter, which is directed towards the implementation and further enhancement
of the right to development,
 
      Noting the need for coordination and cooperation throughout the United
Nations system for a more effective promotion of the right to development,
 
      Recognizing that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
and the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat have important roles to
play in the promotion and protection of the right to development,
 
      Reaffirming the need for action at the national and international levels
by all States to realize all human rights, and the need for relevant
evaluation mechanisms to ensure the promotion, encouragement and reinforcement
of the principles contained in the Declaration on the Right to Development,
 
      Welcoming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the
World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, which reaffirms the right to
development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of all
fundamental human rights and reaffirms that the human person is the central
subject of development,
 
      Recalling that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action examined
the relationship between democracy, development and human rights, and
recognizing the importance of creating a favourable environment in which
everyone may enjoy their human rights as set out in the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action,
 
      Recalling also that lasting progress towards the implementation of the
right to development requires effective development policies at the national
level, as well as equitable economic relations and a favourable economic
environment at the international level,
 
      Recalling further that, in order to promote development, equal attention
and urgent consideration should be given to the implementation, promotion and
protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and
recognizing that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent
and interrelated and that the universality, objectivity, impartiality and
non-selectivity of the consideration of human rights issues must be ensured,
 
      Noting that aspects of the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development, the Copenhagen Declaration on Social
Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social
Development, adopted by the World Summit on 12 March 1995, and the Beijing
Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted by the Fourth World
Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, are relevant to the universal
realization of the right to development,
 
      Welcoming the convening of the United Nations Conference on Human
Settlements (Habitat II) in 1996, and affirming that this Conference
constitutes another important international step towards the realization of
the right to development, within the context of promoting and protecting all
human rights,
 
      Taking note of the work of the Working Group on the Right to Development
during its fourth and fifth sessions, held at Geneva from 15 to 26 May 1995
and from 27 September to 6 October 1995,
 
      Having considered the note by the Secretary-General, prepared pursuant
to General Assembly resolution 49/183,
 
      1.    Reaffirms the importance of the right to development for every
human person and all peoples in all countries, in particular the developing
countries, as an integral part of fundamental human rights;
 
      2.    Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General ;
 
      3.    Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on
Human Rights at its fifty-second session a report on the implementation of
Commission resolution 1995/17;
 
      4.    Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to consider carefully
the reports of the Working Group on the Right to Development, to assess
whether the Working Group has been able to complete its mandate and to
consider thoroughly the necessity to reconvene the Working Group;
 
      5.    Requests the Secretary-General to continue coordination of the
various activities with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the
Right to Development;
 
      6.    Also requests the Secretary-General to ask the Centre for Human
Rights of the Secretariat 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;
 
      7.    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;
 
      8.    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;
 
      9.    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;
 
      10.   Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human
Rights at its fifty-second session and the General Assembly at its fifty-first
session of the activities of the organizations, funds, programmes and
specialized agencies of the United Nations system for the implementation of
the Declaration on the Right to Development;
 
      11.   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;
 
      12.   Reiterates its commitment to implementing the results of the World
Conference on Human Rights, which reaffirm 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;
 
      13.   Calls upon all States to address, within the declarations and
programmes of action adopted by the relevant international conferences
convened by the United Nations, 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;
 
      14.   Decides to consider this question at its fifty-first 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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