Right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Right to development

Reaffirms the importance of the right to development for every human person and for all peoples in all countries, in particular the developing countries; recognizes that the Declaration on the Right to Development constitutes an integral link between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action; reiterates the importance of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action which reaffirms the right to development; reaffirms that democracy, development and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing; also reaffirms that democracy, development and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms would be strengthened by enhanced international cooperation; urges all States to eliminate all obstacles to development at all levels; invites the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to give due regard to the impact of the problem of the external debt burden of developing countries; expresses deep concern about the overall decline in official development assistance flows; affirms the need to apply a gender perspective in the implementation of the right to development; expresses concern about the adverse impact of the current financial crisis on the realization of the right to development; affirms that international cooperation is acknowledged more than ever as a necessity deriving from recognized mutual interests; welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to give high priority to the right to development.

Adopted 125-1-42, 85th meeting

6 p.

Adopted at the 85 plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1998.