A/HRC/19/2 freedom from fear and want can be achieved only if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights; (b) That all persons in all countries are entitled to the realization of their economic, social and cultural rights, which are indispensable to their dignity and the free development of their personality; (c) The universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the obligation of all States to ensure the full promotion, protection and realization of all human rights; (d) The importance of international cooperation in assisting Governments to fulfil their obligation to protect and promote all human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, while emphasizing that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights lies with States; (e) The inextricable link between full respect for the rights contained in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the process of development; 2. Calls upon all States: (a) To give full effect to economic, social and cultural rights; (b) To consider signing and ratifying, and States parties to implement, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as other international instruments relating to the realization of economic, social and cultural rights; (c) To guarantee that economic, social and cultural rights shall be exercised without discrimination of any kind; (d) To secure progressively, through national development policies and with international assistance and cooperation, as appropriate, the full realization of economic, social and cultural rights, paying particular attention to individuals and communities living in extreme poverty; (e) To promote the meaningful and wide participation of civil society in decision-making processes relating to the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights, including through efforts to identify and strengthen good governance practices; 3. Encourages all States that have not yet signed and ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to consider doing so with a view to its early entry into force; 4. Calls upon the States parties to the Covenant: (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 16 GE.13-14768