Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights - Statements

Statements adopted by

the Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights

The statements adopted by the Committee to date appear in its annual reports to the Economic and Social Council (the symbol number of the report in which the statement is contained is indicated in brackets):

• Letter by the Chairperson of the Committee on the post-2012 development agenda
  
  
• Statement in the context of the Rio + 20 Conference (June 2012) on "The Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication" (48th Session, E/C.12/2012/1)
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• Statement on the Importance and Relevance of the Right to Development, adopted on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development (46th Session, E/C.12/2011/2)
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• Statement on the obligations of States Parties regarding the corporate sector and economic, social and cultural rights (46th session, E/C.12/2011/1)
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• Statement of the Committee on the Right to Sanitation (45th session, E/C.12/2010/1)
  
  
• Statement of the Committee on the world food crisis (40th session, E/C.12/2008/1)
  
  
• Statement by the Committee: An evaluation of the obligation to take steps to the "Maximum of available resources" under an optional protocol to the Covenant (thirty-eighth session; E/C.12/2007/1);
  
  
• Statement of the Committee to the Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit for Sustainable Development (Bali, Indonesia, 27 May-7 June 2002) (twenty-eighth session; E/2003/22-E/C.12/2002/13, annex VI);
  
  
• Statement of the Committee on human rights and intellectual property (twenty-seventh session; E/2002/22-E/C.12/2001/17, annex XIII);
  
  
• Statement of the Committee to the International Consultative Conference on School Education in Relation to Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (twenty-seventh session; E/2002/22-E/C.12/2001/17, annex XII);
  
  
• Poverty and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Statement of the Committee to the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (twenty-fifth session; E/2002/22-E/C.12/2001/17, annex VII);
  
  
• Statement of the Committee to the special session of the General Assembly for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the decisions taken at the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (New York, 6 to 8 June 2001) (twenty-fifth session; E/2002/22-E/C.12/2001/17, annex XI);
  
  
• Statement of the Committee to the Convention to draft a Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (twenty-second session; E/2001/22-E/C.12/2000/21, annex VIII);
  
  
• Statement of the Committee to the Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (twenty-first session; E/2000/22-E/C.12/1999/11 and Corr.1, annex VII);
  
  
• Globalization and its impact on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights (eighteenth session; E/1999/22-E/C.12/1998/26; chap. VI, sect. A, para. 515);
  
  
• United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II): Statement of the Committee (thirteenth session; E/1996/22-E/C.12/1995/18, annex VIII);
  
  
• Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace - Statement by the Committee (twelfth session; E/1996/22-E/C.12/1995/18, annex VI);
  
  
• The World Summit for Social Development and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Statement of the Committee (tenth session; E/1995/22-E/C.12/1994/20 and Corr.1, annex V);
  
  
• Economic, social and cultural rights in the context of the World Summit for Social Development: Statement of the Committee (eleventh session; E/1995/22-E/C.12/1994/20 and Corr.1, annex VI);
  
  
• Statement to the World Conference on Human Rights on behalf of the Committee (seventh session; E/1993/22-E/C.12/1992/2, annex III);
  
  
• Preparatory activities relating to the World Conference on Human Rights: recommendations to the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference (sixth session; E/1992/23-E/C.12/1991/4, chap. IX);