International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights


21 October 1958 Thirteenth Session of the General Assembly, 585th meeting of the Third Committee, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Mr. Humberto Calamari (Panama), Vice-Chairman of the General Assembly's Third (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) Committee, presiding over a meeting on the draft International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.	20 December 1966 Twenty-first Session of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, New York: Ambassador Salvador P. Lopez (Philippines) signing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	11 December 1978 United Nations Headquarters, New York (from left to right): Mr. E. Suy, United Nations Legal Counsel; Mr. Theodoor C. Van Boven, Director of the Division of Human Rights; and Mr. Hugo Scheltema, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands, ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Optional Protocol to the latter Covenant.	28 February 2008 United Nations Headquarters, New York: H. E. Mr. Felipe Pùrez Roque, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba (second from left) shaking hands with Mr. Nicolas Michel, United Nations Legal Counsel, after having signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.