7/75 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General - The right to development

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UNITED NATIONS

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General Assembly Distr. GENERAL

A/HRC/7/75 5 March 2008

Original: ENGLISH

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 2

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH

COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The right to development*

Note by the Secretariat

The General Assembly in its resolution 62/161 on “The right to development” reaffirmed the request to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in mainstreaming the right to development, to undertake effectively activities aimed at strengthening the global partnership for development between Member States, development agencies and the international development, financial and trade institutions, and to reflect those activities in detail in her next report to the Human Rights Council. It also requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Assembly at its sixty-third session and an interim report to the Council on the implementation of resolution 62/161, including efforts undertaken at the national, regional and international levels in the promotion and realization of the right to development, and invited the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Right to Development to present a verbal update to the Assembly at its sixty-third session.

In accordance with the above-mentioned annual requests and corresponding reporting practice over the past years, the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner will submit a consolidated report to the Human Rights Council at its eighth session in 2008.

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* This document is delivered late to Member States because it was submitted late to Conference Services for processing.