The implementation of the right to social protection through the adoption of social protection floors 2014, para. 19
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There have also been many such initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region, as illustrated by the declaration in October 2013 of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on strengthening social protection that "everyone is entitled to equitable access to social protection, based on a rights-based, needs-based, life-cycle approach and covering essential services as needed". In the declaration member States also committed to strive to extend coverage, availability, quality, equitability and sustainability of social protection and gradually promote it, to ensure optimum benefits.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights