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Reaffirming also the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted by
the General Assembly on 19 September 2016, in which States reaffirmed the human rights
of all refugees and migrants, regardless of status, and pledged to fully protect such rights,
Recalling its resolutions on the question of the realization in all countries of
economic, social and cultural rights, and the resolutions adopted by the Commission on
Human Rights on the same topic,
Reaffirming the obligations and commitments to take steps, individually and through
international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the
maximum of available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization
of economic, social and cultural rights by all appropriate means, including particularly the
adoption of legislative measures,
Underlining the human rights principles of, inter alia, non-discrimination, human
dignity, equity, equality, universality, participation and accountability, as affirmed in
international human rights law and in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Emphasizing that the rights enunciated in the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights are to be realized in a non-discriminatory manner,
Recalling the commitment included in the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of
all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the Covenant, and welcoming the
inclusion of both gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls as a standalone goal, and its integration into all goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and throughout the implementation process,
Recognizing that human rights and social protection floors complement each other,
and that social protection floors, when used as a baseline, have the potential to facilitate the
enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights and to reduce poverty and inequality,
1.
Calls upon all States to give full effect to economic, social and cultural rights
by, inter alia, taking all appropriate measures to implement the Human Rights Council
resolutions on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and
cultural rights, the most recent of which is resolution 31/5 of 23 March 2016;
2.
Calls upon all States that have not yet signed and ratified the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to consider doing so as a matter of
priority, and States parties to consider reviewing their reservations thereto;
3.
Welcomes the most recent ratification of the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and encourages all States
that have not yet signed and ratified the Optional Protocol to consider doing so, and also to
consider making declarations under articles 10 and 11 thereof;
4.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the
question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights, with a
special focus on the realization of economic, social and cultural rights in the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, submitted pursuant to
Human Rights Council resolution 31/5,1 and of the conclusions contained therein;
5.
Emphasizes that the 2030 Agenda marks a paradigm shift towards a more
balanced and integrated plan of action for achieving sustainable development that reflects
the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights;
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