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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

may make arrangements with the specialized agencies in

respect of their reporting to it on the progress made in

achieving the observance of the provisions of the present

Covenant falling within the scope of their activities. These

reports

may

include

particulars

of

decisions

and

recommendations on such implementation adopted by

their competent organs.

Article 19

The Economic and Social Council may transmit to the

Commission on Human Rights for study and general

recommendation or, as appropriate, for information the

reports concerning human rights submitted by States in

accordance with articles 16 and 17, and those concerning

human rights submitted by the specialized agencies in

accordance with article 18.

Article 20

The States Parties to the present Covenant and the

specialized agencies concerned may submit comments

to the Economic and Social Council on any general

recommendation under article 19 or reference to such

general

recommendation

in

any

report

of

the

Commission on Human Rights or any documentation

referred to therein.

Article 21

The Economic and Social Council may submit from time

to

time

to

the

General

Assembly

reports

with

recommendations of a general nature and a summary of

the information received from the States Parties to the

present Covenant and the specialized agencies on the

measures taken and the progress made in achieving

general

observance

of

the rights recognized in the

present Covenant.

Article 22

The Economic and Social Council may bring to the

attention of other organs of the United Nations, their

subsidiary organs and specialized agencies concerned

with furnishing technical assistance any matters arising

out of the reports referred to in this part of the present

Covenant which may assist such bodies in deciding, each

within its field of competence, on the advisability of

international measures likely to contribute to the effective

progressive implementation of the present Covenant.

Article 23

The States Parties to the present Covenant agree that

international action for the achievement of the rights

recognized

in

the

present

Covenant

includes

such

methods as the conclusion of conventions, the adoption

of

recommendations,

the

furnishing

of

technical

assistance and the holding of regional meetings and

technical meetings for the purpose of consultation and

study organized in conjunction with the Governments

concerned.

Article 24

Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as

impairing the provisions of the Charter of the United

Nations

and

of

the

constitutions

of the specialized

agencies which define the respective responsibilities of

the various organs of the United Nations and of the

specialized agencies in regard to the matters dealt with in

the present Covenant.

Article 25

Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as

impairing the inherent right of all peoples to enjoy and

utilize fully and freely their natural wealth and resources.

PART V

Article 26

1. The present Covenant is open for signature by any State

Member of the United Nations or member of any of its

specialized agencies, by any State Party to the Statute of

the International Court of Justice, and by any other State

which has been invited by the General Assembly of the

United

Nations

to

become

a

party

to

the

present

Covenant.

2.

The

present

Covenant

is

subject

to

ratification.

Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the

Secretary-General of the United Nations.

3. The present Covenant shall be open to accession by any

State referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.

4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an

instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the

United Nations.

5. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall

inform all States which have signed the present Covenant

or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of

ratification or accession.

Article 27

1. The present Covenant shall enter into force three

months

after

the

date

of

the

deposit

with

the

Secretary-General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth

instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.

2. For each State ratifying the present Covenant or

acceding

to

it

after

the

deposit

of

the

thirty-fifth

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 28

The provisions of the present Covenant shall extend to all

parts

of

federal

States

without

any

limitations

or

exceptions.

Article 29

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

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 30

Irrespective of the notifications made under article 26,

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

26;

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

Covenant under article 27 and the date of the entry into

force of any amendments under article 29.

Article 31

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.

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