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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

instrument of ratification or instrument of accession, the

present Covenant shall enter into force three months

after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of

ratification or instrument of accession.

Article 50

The provisions of the present Covenant shall extend to all

parts

of

federal

States

without

any

limitations

or

exceptions.

Article 51

1. Any State Party to the present Covenant may propose

an amendment and file it with the Secretary-General of

the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United

Nations shall thereupon communicate any proposed

amendments

to

the

States

Parties

to

the

present

Covenant with a request that they notify him whether

they favour a conference of States Parties for the purpose

of considering and voting upon the proposals. In the

event that at least one third of the States Parties favours

such a conference, the Secretary-General shall convene

the conference under the auspices of the United Nations.

Any amendment adopted by a majority of the States

Parties present and voting at the conference shall be

submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations

for approval.

2. Amendments shall come into force when they have

been approved by the General Assembly of the United

Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of the

States Parties to the present Covenant in accordance with

their

respective

constitutional

processes.

3.

When

amendments come into force, they shall be binding on

those States Parties which have accepted them, other

States Parties still being bound by the provisions of the

present Covenant and any earlier amendment which they

have accepted.

Article 52

1. Irrespective of the notifications made under article 48,

paragraph 5, the Secretary-General of the United Nations

shall inform all States referred to in paragraph I of the

same article of the following particulars:

(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article

48;

(b) The date of the entry into force of the present

Covenant under article 49 and the date of the entry into

force of any amendments under article 51.

Article 53

1. The present Covenant, of which the Chinese, English,

French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic,

shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall

transmit certified copies of the present Covenant to all

States referred to in article 48.

International Covenant on Economic,

Social and Cultural Rights

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and

accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI)

of 16 December 1966

entry into force 3 January 1976, in accordance with

article 27

Preamble

The States Parties to the present Covenant,

Considering

that,

in

accordance

with

the principles

proclaimed

in

the

Charter

of

the

United

Nations,

recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and

inalienable rights of all members of the human family is

the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the

world,

Recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent

dignity of the human person,

Recognizing

that,

in

accordance

with

the

Universal

Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human

beings enjoying freedom from fear and want can only be

achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may

enjoy his economic, social and cultural rights, as well as

his civil and political rights,

Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of

the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and

observance of, human rights and freedoms,

Realizing that the individual, having duties to other

individuals and to the community to which he belongs, is

under a responsibility to strive for the promotion and

observance

of

the

rights recognized in the present

Covenant,

Agree upon the following articles:

PART I

Article 1

1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By

virtue of that right they freely determine their political

status and freely pursue their economic, social and

cultural development.

2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of

their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to

any obligations arising out of international economic

co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit,

and international law. In no case may a people be

deprived of its own means of subsistence.

3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including

those

having responsibility for the administration of

Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote

the realization of the right of self-determination, and shall

respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the

Charter of the United Nations.

PART II

Article 2

1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to

take

steps,

individually

and

through

international

assistance and co-operation, especially economic and

technical, to the maximum of its available resources, with

a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the

rights

recognized

in

the

present

Covenant

by

all

appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of

legislative measures.

2. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake

to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the present

Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any

kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or

other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or

other status.

3. Developing countries, with due regard to human rights

and their national economy, may determine to what

extent

they

would

guarantee

the

economic

rights

recognized in the present Covenant to non-nationals.

Article 3

The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to

ensure the equal right of men and women to the

enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set

forth in the present Covenant.

Article 4

The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize

that, in the enjoyment of those rights provided by the

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