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International Covenant of 16 December 1966 on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights › Title 2

SECTION 2

Today
1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take steps, individually and through international assistance and co-operation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of its available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized in the present Covenant by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures. 2. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the present Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. 3. Developing countries, with due regard to human rights and their national economy, may determine to what extent they would guarantee the economic rights recognized in the present Covenant to non- nationals.
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Section 2 of the International Covenant of 16 December 1966 on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights /akn/un/act/treaty/1966-12-16/icescr
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