Article 22. The Contracting States shall report periodically to the Commission on Human Rights on the measures they have taken to achieve the purposes set forth in the preceding article. The Commission shall make appropriate recommendations and, when such measures have been widely accepted, shall promote the conclusion of a special convention, or additional protocols to this Convention or in such other instrument as considered appropriate. 22 7. The OAS Council adopted a resolution on June 12, 1968, asking the InterAmerican Commission to develop a final working document on the draft Convention, which the Commission issued as the “Draft Inter-American Convention on Protection of Human Rights.” The document was approved and adopted by the Inter-American Specialized Conference. 23 8. The Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights was then convened from November 7 through 22, 1969, in San José, Costa Rica, to evaluate the draft. 24 The provisions on economic, social and cultural rights read as follows: Article 25. 1. The States Parties to this Convention recognize the need to devote their greatest efforts for their domestic legislation to adopt and, if pertinent, guarantee the other rights set forth in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man which are not included in the preceding articles. 2. The States Parties also express their intention to enshrine and, where applicable, to maintain and improve, in their domestic legislations, whatever provisions are most appropriate for: a substantial, self-sustained increase in the per capita national product; equitable distribution of national income; appropriate, equitable tax systems; modernization of rural life and reforms that will lead to equitable, effective land tenure systems, improved agricultural productivity, expansion of land use, diversification of production and better systems for the industrialization and marketing of agricultural goods, and strengthening and expanding the means to achieve these ends; expedited, diversified industrialization, especially of capital goods and intermediate products; domestic price stability in harmony with sustained economic development and the achievement of social justice; fair wages, employment opportunities and acceptable working conditions for all; swift eradication of illiteracy and expansion of opportunities for all in the field of education; protection of human potential by extending and applying modern know-how in medical science; proper nutrition, especially by means of expedited national efforts to boost the production and supply of foodstuffs; suitable housing for all sectors of the population; urban conditions that facilitate a healthy, productive, decent life; promotion of private initiative and investment in harmony with the action of the public sector, and the expansion and diversification of exports. Article 26. The States Parties shall report periodically to the Commission on Human Rights on the measures they have taken to achieve the purposes set forth in the foregoing article. The Commission shall make appropriate recommendations and, when such measures have been widely accepted, shall promote the conclusion of a special convention or additional protocols to this Convention or such other instrument as considered appropriate. Article 41. 1. The States Parties undertake to submit regular reports to the Commission on the measures they have taken to guarantee the observation of the rights given in Article 25. 2. The Commission will set the timetable for these reports. 3. In the case of a report that should originally be submitted to the United Nations specialized agencies or the Organization of American States, the State Party shall abide by the provisions of paragraph 1 above by sending a copy of the same report to the Commission. 25 22 Cf. Opinion of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the draft Convention on Human Rights approved by the Inter-American Council of Jurists, Part II, OAS/Ser.L/V/II.16/doc.8, in: InterAmerican Yearbook on Human Rights, 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, pg. 335. 23 Cf. Resolution of the OAS Council, October 2, 1968. 24 Cf. Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights, Act and Documents, OEA/Ser.K/XVI/1.2, pp. 1-3 [available in Spanish only]. 25 Cf. Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights, Act and Documents, OEA/Ser.K/XVI/1.2, pp. 23 and 28-29 [available in Spanish only].