ulilTEol{ATroNs (@General Assembly Dislr. GENERAL A/40/ 605 10 Septenber 1985 ORIGINAL! ENGLISH FortieEh seggion Iten 104 (b) of the proviaional agendar INTERNATIONAL OVBNANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 3 STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CO\'ENANT ON E@NO!,IIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGIITSi, TIIE INTERNATIONAI, @VENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICA', RIGHTS AND THE OPTIONAI, PROSOC$L TO AHE INTERNATIONAL @VENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAI RIGHTS Report of the Secre Eary-General 1. The General Assenbly by its resolution 22OO A (xxl) of 15 Decenb€r 1966 adopted and opened for signature, ratification or accession, the Internatlonal Covenant on Bconomic' S€iaI and Cultural Rights, the IncernaEional Covenant on Civil antl Polit.ical Rights anal the Opeional Protocol to the International Covenane oh Ci.vil and Polilical RighCs, and expressed the hoPe that the CovenanEs and the optional Prococol eould be signett, raEified or acceded Eo withouE delay and {ouLd cone into force at an early date. The Assenbly also requested tbe Secretary- General to submit. to it aE its tuEure sessions reports concerning Ehe status of ratifications of che Covenants and of the optional Prolocol. In resPonse to Ehat request' tePorts on the Etatus of the International Covenanes and the Optional Protocol bave been submilted annually to the Assenbly since iEs Ewenty-second Eesaion in 1967. 2. Both Covenants and the Optional Protocol were oPened for signalure al New york on 19 Decenber 1956. In accordance ttith their resPective Provisiohg, l,/ the International Covenant. on Econonic, social and Cultural Rights €ntered into force on 3 .tanuary 1975, the International @venanE on civil and Folitsical Rights enEered inEo torce on 23 Uarch 1975, and the Optional Protocol. Eo the International Covenant on Civil anal political RighEs, havlng received tbe required nunber of ratifications or accessions, entered into force ainultaneously tdith that Covenant on 23 r,ia rch 1975. ^/40/I50. 85-24545 t270r (El A/40/605
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