The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
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SymbolA/RES/60/157
TitleThe right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Endorses the agreed conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Working Group on the Right to Development at its 6th session, and calls for their immediate, full and effective implementation; urges developed countries that have not yet done so to make concrete efforts towards meeting the targets of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product for official development assistance to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.2 per cent of their gross national product to least developed countries; calls for the implementation of a desirable pace of meaningful trade liberalization; calls upon the UN agencies, funds and programmes, as well as the specialized agencies, to mainstream the right to development in their operational programmes and objectives; requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of Member States, UN organs and bodies, specialized agencies, funds and programmes, international development and financial institutions, in particular the Bretton Woods institutions, and non-governmental organizations; also request the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its 61st session and an interim report to the Commission on Human Rights at its 62nd session on the implementation of the present resolution.
Action note2005-12-16
Vote summary
Adopted 172-2-5, 64th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/60/L.36
Committee reportA/60/509/Add.2
Meeting record
A/60/PV.64
Agenda information
A/60/251 71b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
A/60/251 71b[2] RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
A/60/251 71b[2] RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
Date[New York] : UN, 23 Feb. 2006
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6 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.