The high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development convened its third session in Geneva from 22 to 26 January 2007 . As requested by the Working Group , the mandate of the task force was to consider the criteria for periodic evaluation of global development partnerships - as identified in Millennium Development Goal 8 ( MDG 8 ) - from the perspective of the right to development , with a view to operationalizing and progressively developing them , thus contributing to mainstreaming the right to development in the policies and operational activities of relevant actors at the national , regional and international levels , including multilateral financial , trade and development institutions ( E/CN.4/2006/26 , para . 77 ) .