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(Adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Thirty-ninth Session, E/C.12/GC/19, 23 November 2007)

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3. Obligation to fulfil

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49.  The obligation to promote obliges the State party to take steps to ensure that there is appropriate education and public awareness concerning access to social security schemes, particularly in rural and deprived urban areas, or amongst linguistic and other minorities.

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