E/C.12/IRL/CO/3 D. Other recommendations 35. The Committee encourages the State party to ensure that, before entering into any agreement with or implementing any fiscal consolidation policy prescribed by international organizations, including international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, such agreement or policy is in compliance with its obligations under the Covenant. It also encourages the State party, as a member of international organizations, including international financial institutions such as the Fund, to ensure that the policies of these organizations are in conformity with the obligations of State parties under the Covenant. 36. The Committee encourages the State party to achieve its commitment to official development assistance of 0.7 per cent of its gross national product and to pursue a human rights-based approach in its development cooperation policy. 37. The Committee encourages the State party to withdraw its reservation to article 13 (2) (a), of the Covenant and to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 38. The Committee requests the State party to disseminate the present concluding observations widely among all levels of society, in particular among government officials, members of Parliament, judicial authorities and civil society organizations, and to inform the Committee, in its next periodic report, about the steps taken to implement the present recommendations. 39. The Committee requests the State party to submit its fourth periodic report by 30 June 2020 and invites the State party, if necessary, to update its common core document in accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6, chap. I). 11