UN General Assembly
1977

28. As regards human rights, my Government notes with satisfaction that the Human Rights Committee started its work in March of this year by examining reports of States on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. My Government has ratified both the Covenant, its Optional Protocol, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Furthermore, Surinam has participated actively in the seminar on human rights and their promotion in the Caribbean area that was organized by the International Commission of Jurists and the Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations. 29. We regret that no satisfactory agreement could be reached at the final meetings of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly between the developed and the developing countries on the assessment of the Paris Conference on International Economic Co-operation.