Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

UN General Assembly, Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, A/RES/2337, UN General Assembly, 18 December 1967, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1967/en/33820 [accessed 03 October 2024]
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XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
2337. Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The General Assembly, Recalling that in its resolution 2200 A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 it expressed the hope that the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights would be signed and ratified or acceded to without delay and come into force at an early date, Noting that according to the report of the Secretary-General, submitted in pursuance of resolution 2200 A (XXI) on the status of ratifications of the Covenants and of the Optional Protocol,[1] there have been no ratifications of or accessions to any of these instruments and that there have been only nineteen signatures to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, eighteen to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and eleven to the Optional Protocol, Desiring to accelerate the ratifications of and accessions to the Covenants and the Optional Protocol, Convinced that the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations would be greatly enhanced by the coming into force of the Covenants and the Optional Protocol,

1. Invites States which are eligible to become parties to the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to hasten their ratifications of or accessions to these instruments;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the status of the Covenants and the Optional Protocol to the International Conference on Human Rights to be held at Teheran in 1968 and to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session;

3. Decides to include this item in the provisional agenda of its twenty-third session.

1638th plenary meeting,
18 December 1967.
[1] A/6820 and Add.1. See also Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-second Session, Third Committee, 1553rd meeting, para. 53.
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