Statement of the NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), ESCR-Net and participants at the International Strategy meeting on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, representing NGOs, community-based and grassroots organizations globally, warmly welcome the adoption of the Optional Protocol at the General Assembly on 10th December 2008 - United Nations / Globalization, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights

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