Summary

in its resolution 48/10, the Human Rights Council stressed the importance of the realization of the mandate of the Working Group and recognized the need for renewed efforts with a view to overcoming the existing political impasse within the Working Group so that it might fulfil in a timely manner its mandate. The Council also stressed the importance of constructive engagement at the twenty-second session of the Working Group, which would continue its consideration of the draft convention on the right to development submitted by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group.