Social Conditions and Equity
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An Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Austria relating to the Seminar on Human Rights and scientific and technological developments to be held in Vienna from 19 June to 1 July 1972 was signed at United Nations Headquarters today.
Mr. Wolfgang Wolte, Acting Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, signing the Agreement. Looking on, from left: Mr. Nikifor Levchenko, Chief of the Advisory Services and Special Assignements, UN Division of Human Rights; Mr. Marc Schreiber, Director of the UN Division of Human Rights; Mr. C. A. Stavropoulos, UN Legal Counsel; and Mr. P. Gilblain, Acting Chief of the Treaty Section.
Algeria today signed the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The two International Covenants on Human Rights were adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 1966 in resolution 2200 (XXI). The two Covenants, when they enter into force, will require the states parties to them to implement the rights and freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ambassador Tewfik Bouattoura, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN, signing the two International Covenants. At left is Mr. Rachid Gafez, Attaché, Mission of Algeria. At right is Mr. F. Blaine Sloan, Director, General Legal Division.
Hocine Djoudi (sitting), Permanent representative of Algeria, signed today on behalf his Government the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted by the General-Assembly of the United Nations on 10 december 1984. Looking on is Max Lewy, Chief, UN Treaty section, Office of Legal Affairs at the UN Secretariat.
Algeria became the forty-fifth signatory of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination today at Headquarters.
Tewfik Bouattoura, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN, is seen signing the Convention while F. Blaine Sloan, Director, General Legal Division, Office of Legal Affairs, looks on.