Chapter 5 | Page 199 5.2.3 Human rights focus and the changing landscape of international assistance and co-operation Increasingly, internationally recognised standards and norms of assistance, including the Monterrey Consensus, the DAC Principles,57 and the Paris Declaration, have given due recognition to human rights principles. For example, the Monterrey Consensus recognises the need to mobilise more resources and increase their effective use in international assistance programmes58 and for sound policies and good governance measures to accompany increased financial and technical co-operation, in addition to policies on sustainable debt financing and external debt relief.59 Although the Monterrey Consensus does not make any explicit reference to the realisation of human rights as a fundamental goal of international assistance, a number of relevant objectives of social and public infrastructure and the provision of services such as education, health, nutrition, shelter and were specified.60 The Consensus further reiterates the need for good governance and strong and accountable institutions for effective mobilisation and allocation of resources and fighting corruption as essential priority areas, for which further collective effort at the international level is essential.61 Similarly, the DAC Action-Oriented Policy Paper on Human Rights elaborated principles to engage donors more effectively in human rights goals, including those concerned with strengthening the connections between human rights and aid effectiveness.62 The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and 57 Development Assistance Committee, DAC Principles for Evaluation of Development Assistance (Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic CoOperation and Development, Paris, 1991), <http://www.oecd.org/dac/evaluation /2755284.pdf>. 58 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, (The final text of agreements and commitments adopted at the International Conference on Financing for Development Monterrey, Mexico), (18-22 March 2002). 59 Ibid. 60 Ibid. 61 Ibid. 62 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and The World Bank, Integrating Human Rights into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences, and