Specialized agencies and non-governmental organization will be entitled to submit their views on the form and contents of the proposed covenant on human rights in accordance with resolutions adopted here yesterday by the United Nations Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee.
One resolution, adopted by roll call vote of 29 to 21 with six abstentions, recommends that the U.N. Commission on Human Rights be asked “to draft two covenants on Human Rights, to be submitted simultaneously for consideration of the General Assembly at its seventh sessionk one to contain civil and political rights and the other to contain economic, social and cultural rights, in order that the General Assembly may approve two covenants simultaneously and open them at the same time for signature.” The two covenants would contain as many similar provisions as possible.
The resolution further requests the U.N. Secretary-General to ask member states and the appropriate specialized agencies to submit drafts or memoranda containing their views on the form and contents of the proposed covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the information and guidance of the Commission on Human Rights at its forthcoming session.
The committee also adopted a resolution urging the commission on Human Rights to take into consideration, when revising those articles of the draft covenant, the views expressed during discussion of the draft covenant, and also such views as the specialized agencies, non-governmental organizations and governments may think fit to advance. the vote on this resolution was 44 in favor, none against, with eight abstentions.
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