Chapter 2 | Page 89 conditions at work,213 work place safety,214 and strengthening labour inspectorates.215 Equitable distribution of resources and better access to services for those in need are also discussed,216 along with accelerated growth and employment creation strategies to combat poverty and disparity between urban and rural areas.217 While acknowledging challenges faced by developing countries in the implementation of ESC rights policies, the ESCR Committee also has reminded the States to be serious about their obligation to use ‘maximum available resources’. For example, in the Concluding Observations on Nepal in 2008, the Committee stated: While noting that Nepal is a low income country and its resources are correspondingly limited, the Committee reminds the State party that it is obliged to comply with its Covenant obligations to the maximum of its available resources.218 On Cambodia, the Committee noted that: The Committee urges the State party to ensure that maximum available resources are allocated for the protection and fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights, especially to the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and groups.219 These examples indicate that resource commitment is broad and must cover all rights, although a particular quantity or level of commitment may not be easy to identify. 213 CESCR, Concluding observations: Trinidad and Tobago, E/C.12/1/Add.80 (5 June 2002), [43]. 214 CESCR, Concluding observations: Ukraine, E/C.12/1/Add.65 (24 September 2001), [26]. 215 CESCR, Concluding observations: Russian Federation, E/C.12/1/Add.94 (12 December 2003), [47]; CESCR, Concluding observations: Uzbekistan, E/C.12/UZB/CO/1 (24 January 2006), [51]. 216 CESCR, Concluding observations: Benin, E/C.12/1/Add.78 (5 June 2002), [29]; CESCR, Concluding observations: Kyrgyzstan, E/C.12/1/Add.49 (1 September 2000), [29]. 217 CESCR, Concluding observations: Togo, E/C.12/TGO/CO/1 (3 June 2013), [22]; CESCR, Concluding observations: Gabon, E/C.12/GAB/CO/1 (27 December 2013), [25]. 218 CESCR, Concluding observations: Nepal, E/C.12/NPL/CO/2 (16 January 2008), [40]. 219 CESCR, Concluding observations: Cambodia, E/C.12/KHM/CO/1 (12 June 2009), [38].

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