A/HRC/RES/19/5
(a)
To withdraw reservations incompatible with the object and purpose of the
Covenant, and to consider reviewing other reservations with a view to withdrawing them;
(b)
To submit their reports to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights in a regular and timely manner;
(c)
To promote a concerted national effort to ensure the participation of civil
society in the preparation of their periodic reports for the Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights and in the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee;
(d)
To ensure that the Covenant is taken into account in all their relevant national
and international policymaking processes;
5.
Reiterates that respect for and the promotion and protection of human rights
are an integral part of effective work towards achieving the Millennium Development
Goals, and emphasizes the central role of the United Nations in enhancing global
partnerships for development, with a view to creating a supportive global environment for
the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals;
6.
Recalls General Assembly resolution 64/292 of 28 July 2010, in which the
Assembly recognized the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human
right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights, and Human Rights
Council resolution 15/9 of 30 September 2010, in which the Council affirmed that the
human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate
standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health, as well as the right to life and human dignity;
7.
Also recalls that international cooperation in solving international problems
of an economic, social and cultural character and in promoting and encouraging respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is one of the purposes of the United
Nations, and affirms that wider international cooperation should contribute to lasting
progress in implementing economic, social and cultural rights;
8.
Notes with interest the work carried out by the Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights to assist States parties in fulfilling their obligations, including
through the submission of general comments;
9.
Encourages the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to
continue its efforts towards the promotion, protection and full realization of the rights
enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the
national and international levels, including by making the experience gained through the
examination of States parties’ reports available for the benefit of all States parties, and by
organizing regional workshops to promote follow-up to its concluding observations;
10.
Expresses its appreciation for and encourages the continuation of the work
relating to the promotion, protection and full realization of economic, social and cultural
rights carried out by other human rights treaty bodies working on issues that bear upon the
Covenant and United Nations bodies, specialized agencies or programmes;
11.
Also expresses its appreciation for and encourages the continuation of the
work relating to the promotion, protection and full realization of economic, social and
cultural rights carried out by all relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council;
12.
Encourages enhanced cooperation and, as appropriate, increased coordination
between the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and United Nations
bodies, specialized agencies or programmes, mechanisms of the Human Rights Council,
and other human rights treaty bodies whose activities have a bearing on economic, social
and cultural rights, in a manner that respects their distinctive mandates and promotes their
policies, programmes and projects;
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