A/HRC/10/61 page 28 implement the treaties within their jurisdiction, but also to contribute, through international cooperation, to global implementation.122 Developed States have a particular responsibility and interest to assist the poorer developing States.123 86. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights identifies four types of extraterritorial obligations to promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights. Accordingly, States have legal obligations to: • Refrain from interfering with the enjoyment of human rights in other countries • Take measures to prevent third parties (e.g. private companies) over which they hold influence from interfering with the enjoyment of human rights in other countries • Take steps through international assistance and cooperation, depending on the availability of resources, to facilitate fulfilment of human rights in other countries, including disaster relief, emergency assistance, and assistance to refugees and displaced persons • Ensure that human rights are given due attention in international agreements and that such agreements do not adversely impact upon human rights124 87. Human rights standards and principles are consistent with and further emphasize “the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities” contained in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. According to this principle, developed country Parties (annex I) commit to assisting developing country Parties (non-annex I) in meeting the costs of adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change and to take full account of the specific needs of least developed countries in funding and transfer of technology.125 The human rights framework complements the Convention by underlining that “the human person is the central subject of development”,126 and that international cooperation is not merely a matter of the obligations of a State towards other States, but also of the obligations towards individuals. 122 See e.g. CRC, general comment No. 5, para. 7. 123 See CESCR general comment No. 3, para. 14. 124 See e.g. CESCR general comments No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food (art. 11); No. 13 (1999) on the right to education (art. 13); No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (art. 12); and No. 15 (2002) on the right to water (arts. 11 and 12 of the Covenant). 125 UNFCCC, art. 4, paras. 4 and 9. 126 Declaration on the Right to Development, art. 2, para. 1.

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