...American states have constantly demanded in the United Nations the urgent approval of the covenants on civil and political rights and on economic, social, and cultural rights, which will give worldwide application to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights,21 The Fifth...

...contained in such instruments as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. On December 6 the US Representative objected to the adoption of the proposed ECOSOC resolution by the...

...the last decades, first among which rank the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. No specific provision based on national, cultural or religious factors can validly be invoked to detract...

...Human Rights, which have been further developed and codified and are now embodied in the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. We reaffirm our commitment to freedom, democratic principles and human rights. We reaffirm our belief...

...certain fundamental human rights at the national and international level. "As for the draft Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the United States delegation had long since made it clear that its country would not sign them. "Instead...

...June, cited 12 areas of official Czechoslovak practices in violation of the provisions of the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: (83) — free expression: "Tens of thousands of citizens have been prevented from working in their...

...the Senate for ratification. We voted in the UN General Assembly for the adoption of the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on Racial Discrimination. We plan to accede to them and press for their ratification....

...principles in binding international agreements. In 19G6 the General Assembly adopted codifying covenants on civil and political rights and on economic, social and cultural rights. Neither have been ratified by the United States as of this writing, although the Carter Administration...

...the Senate for ratification. We voted in the UN General Assembly for the adoption of the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on Racial Discrimination. We plan to accede to them and press for their ratification....

...First, the Senate should insist that the administration submit for approval the international covenants on civil and political rights and on economic, social, and cultural rights, which are perhaps the two most important human rights instruments in the world today, and which are...