Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
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SymbolA/RES/63/117
TitleOptional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
AccessEnglish: A_RES_63_117-EN - PDF ; Español: A_RES_63_117-ES - PDF ; Français: A_RES_63_117-FR - PDF ; Other: A_RES_63_117-DE - PDF ; Русский: A_RES_63_117-RU - PDF ; العربية: A_RES_63_117-AR - PDF ; 中文: A_RES_63_117-ZH - PDF ;
Summary
Adopts the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution; recommends that the Optional Protocol be opened for signature at a signing ceremony to be held in 2009, and requests the Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the necessary assistance.
Action note2008-12-10
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 66th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/63/L.47
Committee reportA/63/435
Meeting record
A/63/PV.66
Agenda information
A/63/251 58 Report of the Human Rights Council. UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS
Contains
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966). Protocols, etc., 2008 Dec. 10
Date[New York] : UN, 5 Mar. 2009
Description
9 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.