UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/C.12/1/Add.14 20 May 1997 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLES 16 AND 17 OF THE COVENANT Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights PERU 1. The Committee considered the initial report of Peru (E/1990/5/Add.29) at its 15th, 16th and 17th meetings, held on 7 and 9 May 1997, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 26th meeting, held on 16 May 1997. A. Introduction 2. The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for submitting its initial report and for the written replies to the list of issues, although they were not presented to the Committee in time for them to be translated and for its members to study them in greater depth. 3. The Committee also expresses its thanks to the Government of Peru for sending a high-level delegation, headed by the Minister of Justice, which replied to most of the questions asked orally and offered to forward information on those questions that were left unanswered or were not satisfactorily answered. 4. The Committee nevertheless regrets that the written and oral information submitted by the State party was essentially legalistic and heavily focused on civil and political rights, and that it excessively concerned the successes achieved by the Government's social policy, rather than providing detailed information on the actual state of economic, social and cultural rights in Peru. GE.97-16704 (E)