<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Asako Hattori</b> <span dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:AHattori@ohchr.org">AHattori@ohchr.org</a></span><br><br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Yesterday, on the International Human Rights Day, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was officially adopted by the General Assembly plenary with consensus.</font> <br>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">The 36 UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts issued a joint welcome statement (see attached or access: <a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/C5486C42747EC60BC125751B005B08B3?opendocument" target="_blank">http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/C5486C42747EC60BC125751B005B08B3?opendocument</a>)</font> <br>
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