![]() ![]() Gahramanzade said that the implementation of the right to development was a continuous cycle of participating, contributing, and enjoying the fulfilment of this right, with young people at the centre of it. There was still a need for many countries to strengthen their fiscal systems, and a need to protect the sovereign ability of States to formulate appropriate national development policies. It was important to advance policies for providing rights through resources. Waris said that the issue of resources remained a pressure point globally. The best practice moving forward to operationalise the right to development was to adopt and implement a legally binding instrument. Kanade said the thirty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development was an opportune moment to take stock of the role that policies could play in both its realisation and in creating obstacles thereto. Collective action was needed to address these problems. ![]() A mounting debt crisis loomed for much of the developing world. The pandemic had exacerbated inequality and exposed already existing social divides and their root causes. Fukuda-Parr said that addressing extreme inequality and the State obligation for cooperative action were two top priorities for implementing the right to development. The panellists speaking on the right to development were Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice Chair of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy Mihir Kanade, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights and Ordukhan Gahramanzade, Designated Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization. It was more important than ever to take a hard look at the way economic recovery and development efforts were approached, and come up with a response that would deliver on the promises to build back better and to leave no one behind. Alfarargi said the global climate crisis, the increasing number of natural disasters, and new global pandemics all had the potential to undo decades of development and hamper the enjoyment of human rights by all. Building back better was the best chance to deliver on commitments under the 2030 Agenda. Parliaments had legislative, budgetary and oversight powers that were indispensable for the implementation of human rights recommendations. Chungong said that it was time to revitalise efforts to make the right to development a reality both in the North and the South. Establishing a new global deal underpinned by solidarity and cooperation would help rebuild trust between people and governments, give priority to combatting inequalities, and create an enabling environment for realising the right to development and all human rights for all. Al-Nashif said the panel celebrated the thirty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development and represented an important opportunity to reflect on the centrality of human rights to development in a context of multifaceted global challenges. The key-note speakers in the panel discussion on the right to development were Nada Al-Nashif, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Martin Chungong, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Saad Alfarargi, Special Rapporteur on the right to development. The Council also began its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, and concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights. The Human Rights Council this morning held its biennial panel discussion on the right to development, focusing on 35 years on: policy pathways to operationalising the right to development. Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights
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