The right to development.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (47th sess. : 1991 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 22 February 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1991/15 |
| Reference | 47 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, The right to development., 22 February 1991, E/CN.4/RES/1991/15, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f03f44.html [accessed 23 October 2022] |
1991/15. The right to development
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling the resolutions of the General Assembly and its own resolutions on the right to development, Reaffirming the principles contained in the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 41/128 of 4 December 1986, Recalling the report on the Global Consultation on the Realization of the Right to Development as a Human Right (E/CN.4/1990/9/Rev.1), Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 45/97 of 14 December 1990 by which the Assembly called 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 and replies received, Taking note of the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.4/1991/12), prepared in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1990/18 of 23 February 1990, Recalling General Assembly resolution 45/155 of 18 December 1990 by which the Assembly decided, inter alia, that one of the objectives of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights is to examine the relation between development and the enjoyment by everyone of economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights recognizing the importance of creating the conditions whereby everyone may enjoy these rights as set out in the International Covenants on Human Rights,1. Reaffirms the importance of the right to development;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-eighth session concrete proposals on the effective implementation and promotion of the Declaration on the Right to Development, taking into account the views expressed on the issue at the forty-seventh session of the Commission as well as any further comments and suggestions that may be submitted on the basis of paragraph 3 of Commission resolution 1990/18 ;
3. Calls upon the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference on Human Rights, in examining the relationship between development and the enjoyment of human rights to take fully into account the Declaration on the Right to Development;
4. Decides to consider at its forty-eighth session the item entitled "Question of the realization of the right to development".
38th meet22 February 1991
[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 40 to 1, with
2 abstentions. See chap. VIII.]
