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81. States parties should respect, protect, facilitate and promote the work of human rights
advocates and other members of civil society, with a view to assisting disadvantaged and
marginalized individuals and groups in the realization of their right to social security.
VI. OBLIGATIONS OF ACTORS OTHER THAN STATES
82. The United Nations specialized agencies and other international organizations concerned
with social security, such as ILO, WHO, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization,
the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the
United Nations Development Programme and ISSA, as well as international organizations
concerned with trade such as the World Trade Organization, should cooperate effectively with
States parties, building on their respective expertise, in relation to the implementation of the right
to social security.
83. The international financial institutions, notably the International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank, should take into account the right to social security in their lending policies, credit
agreements, structural adjustment programmes and similar projects,46 so that the enjoyment of
the right to social security, particularly by disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and
groups, is promoted and not compromised.
84. When examining the reports of States parties and their ability to meet the obligations to
realize the right to social security, the Committee will consider the effects of the assistance
provided by all other actors. The incorporation of human rights law and principles in the
programmes and policies of international organizations will greatly facilitate the implementation
of the right to social security.
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See general comment No. 2 (1990) on international technical assistance measures (art. 22 of
the Covenant).