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3.
The provisions set forth in this Declaration shall be interpreted in accordance with
the principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, equality, non-discrimination, good
governance and good faith.
2006/3.
Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles relating to economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights,
Recalling that in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted in June 1993
by the World Conference on Human Rights (A/CONF.157/23), the World Conference
encouraged the Commission on Human Rights to continue the examination of optional protocols
to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Bearing in mind the discussions held, and the progress made, during the three previous
sessions of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
1.
Welcomes the report of the Open-ended Working Group to consider options
regarding the elaboration of an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (E/CN.4/2006/47);
2.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group for a period of two years in
order to elaborate an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights and, in this regard, requests the Chairperson of the Working Group to prepare,
taking into account all views expressed during the sessions of the Working Group on, inter alia,
the scope and application of an optional protocol, a first draft optional protocol, which includes
draft provisions corresponding to the various main approaches outlined in her analytical paper, to
be used as a basis for the forthcoming negotiations;
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