Philippine Government 2nd to 4th Periodic Report UNITED NATIONS E Economic Council and Social Distr. GENERAL E/C.12/PHL/4 7 September 2007 Original: ENGLISH Substantive Session of 2007 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Periodic reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17of the Covenant Combined second, third and fourth periodic reports of THE PHILIPPINES* ** *** {14 December 2006] "The initial report concerning rights covered by articles 6 to 9 of the Covenant (E/1978/8/Add.4), concerning rights covered by articles 10 to 12 of the Covenant (E/1986/3/Add.17), concerning rights covered by articles 13 to 15 of the Covenant (E/1988/5/Add.2) submitted by the Philippines were considered by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights On 18 April 1980, on 8 May 1995 and 15 January 1990 respectively. The second periodic report was due on 30 June 1995, the third on 30 June 2000 and the fourth on 30 june 2005 respectively and submitted as ** The information submitted by the Philippines in accordance with the guidelines concerning the initial part of reports of States parties is contained in the core document (HRI/CORE/1/Add.37). ““* In accordance with the information transmitted to States parties regarding the processing of their reports, the present document was not edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services. the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic Feports on 14 December 2006. GE.07-43948 (E) 061107 PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT'S 2ND TO 4TH PERIODIC REPORT 61