Chapter 3 | Page 114 ‘international assistance and cooperation’ in the Covenant text.58 Emphasising the fundamental importance of protecting the minimum of rights included in the Covenant, Chile held that the State and the international community had an obligation to realise those rights fully by all possible means’.59 Greece proposed inclusion of the words ‘international mutual assistance’ to replace ‘international co-operation’, because it would broaden the scope of this cooperation.60 It was suggested that the phrase ‘with international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical’ be used to expand the term ‘international co-operation’.61 The US delegate expressed the view that the phrase ‘international co-operation’ is adequate for the purpose and the ‘addition of qualifying phrases could only limit the range of possible cooperative activities’.62 India stated that ‘international cooperation was of cardinal importance to the under-developed countries, which needed help if they were to be capable of implementing economic rights’.63 Overall, the discussions revealed the importance of international co-operation and assistance activities and the need to base these on mutual respect and shared responsibility between the donors and recipients. As well as emphasising the relevance of the concept of available resources to both resources within a State and those available from the international community through international co-operation and assistance,64 the Limburg 58 Commission on Human Rights, Summary Record of the 216th meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights, UN Doc E/CN.4/SR.216 (21 May 1951), (Chile); Commission on Human Rights, France: Draft articles to be inserted before article 20, 8th sess, Agenda Item 4, UN Doc E/CN.4/L.55 (25 April 1952), (France); Summary record of the 231st meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/SR.231, 7th sess, (2 July 1951), (India); Summary record of the 236th meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, above n 33, (Greece, Egypt, Denmark). 59 Summary Record of the 271st meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/SR.271, above n 36, [17] (Santa Cruz). 60 Summary record of the 236th meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, above n 33, [26]. 61 United Nations general Assembly, Record of Third Committee, UN Doc A/C.3/L.1046, (Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Mali and Ecuador). 62 United Nations General Assembly, Third Committee, Summary Record, 1204th meeting, A/C.3/SR.1204, 17 UN GAOR, (6 December 1962). 63 Summary record of the 231st meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, above n 58. 64 UN Commission on Human Rights, Note verbale dated 86/12/05 from the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the