Reaffirming the indivisibility, interdependence and interrelated nature of economic, social and cultural rights and civil and political rights,
Mindful that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and a wide range of additional texts provide unequivocally that all persons are entitled to the full realization of economic, social and cultural rights,
Recalling paragraph I.10 of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action in which the World Conference on Human Rights, inter alia, reaffirmed the right to development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of human rights, and urged States and the international community to promote an effective international cooperation for the realization of the right to development and the elimination of obstacles to development,
Aware that all States possess legally binding obligations to respect, protect and fulfil economic, social and cultural rights,