(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Qabil Ashirov read more On behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov made an online opening speech at the
'High-level meeting commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the
Declaration on Right to Development' held within the framework of
the high-level segment of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights
Council in Geneva.
The event was initiated by Azerbaijan as the chairman of the
Non-Aligned Movement and was organized by the UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights together with the Azerbaijani chairmanship of the
National Assembly in accordance with the resolution No. 49/8
adopted at the 49th session of the Human Rights Council.
In his speech, Minister Jeyhun Bayramov thanked the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights for the cooperation in organizing the
event on behalf of the NAM and emphasized that the 35th anniversary
of the Declaration defines 'development' as a human right.
He noted that, despite the unanimous recognition of the right to
development as an independent human right in the Vienna Declaration
and Plan of Action adopted in 1993, attempts to misinterpret its
concept and divisive international discourse have been
observed.
Touching on the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeyhun Bayramov said that the
wide economic and social costs of the uneven distribution of
vaccines against Covid-19 around the world and the different
situations in the states during the recovery phase further set back
the development prospects and the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals.
In addition, the weakening of the role of multilateral
institutions, the slow progress of the recovery process from the
pandemic, and the negative effects of climate change made it even
more necessary to have a good-faith dialogue on existing
inequalities.
For this reason, the NAM member countries attached importance to
this measure and, referring to paragraph 10 of the Declaration,
reminded that the international community bears joint
responsibility for the implementation of the right to
development.
On behalf of the NAM, he recommended to the UN agencies and
international financial institutions that they include the right to
development in their activities. In this regard, also referring to
the mandate of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, he
reminded that the High Commissioner is responsible for spreading
the right to development within the wider UN system.
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