General Discussion Days During each session, the CESCR holds a day of general discussion on a specific issue with UN specialised agencies and NGOs. The days of general discussion have three purposes: (1) assist the CESCR in furthering its understanding of these issues; (2) encourage inputs into the CESCR’s work from all interested parties; and (3) form the basis for the elaboration of General Comments.69 Days of General Discussion70 Subject Right to food Right to housing Economic and social indicators Right to take part in cultural life (art. 15) Rights of the ageing and elderly Right to health (art. 12) Role of social safety nets as a means of protecting economic, social and cultural rights, with particular reference to situations involving major structural adjustment and/or transition to a free market economy Human rights education and public information activities Interpretation and practical application of the obligations incumbent on States parties Draft optional protocol to the Covenant Normative content of the right to food Globalization and its impact on the enjoyment of economic and social rights Right to education (arts. 13 & 14) Right to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which a person is the author International consultation on economic, social and cultural rights in development activities of international institutions Equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights (art. 3) Right to work (art. 6) Right to social security (art. 9) Right to take part in cultural life (art. 15) Non-discrimination and economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2) The right to sexual and reproductive health (arts. 10 & 12) Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 / 1996 1997 1998 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2006 2008 2008 2010 Collaboration with UN Bodies The CESCR collaborates with UN specialized agencies and Special Rapporteurs on the implementation of the ICESCR. Examples of such collaboration include the frequent addresses made by other UN bodies to the CESCR during its sessions. 24