Document HURC-COVS UN 97062 - General-Assembly concludes 21st Session and approves Human Rights Covenants

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General-Assembly concludes 21st Session and approves Human Rights Covenants

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  • 1966.12.20 (Creation)

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The 21st session of the General-Assembly, which opened on 20 september, ended today after Members had delt with 98 items on the agenda. On its last day the Assembly approved two Covenants on Human Rights, one dealing with economic social and cultural rights, and the other with civil and political rights. The two Covenants, when ratified, will legally require States parties to implement the rights and freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human rights.
Ambassador Zenon Rossides (Cyprus) is seen (seated) as he signed the Covenants; S. Kiernik, Chief, Treaty Section, UN Office of Legal Affairs, looks on at left.

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UN Photo 97062 / T. Chen

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