With respect to the interpretative declarations made by Algeria the Secretary-General received, on 25 October 1990, from the Government of Germany the following declaration:
[The Federal Republic of Germany] interprets the declaration under paragraph 2 to mean that the latter is not intended to eliminate the obligation of Algeria to ensure that the rights guaranteed in article 8, paragraph 1, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and in article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights may be restricted only for the reasons mentioned in the said articles and that such restrictions shall be prescribed by law.
It interprets the declaration under paragraph 4 to mean that Algeria, by referring to its domestic legal system, does not intend to restrict its obligation to ensure through appropriate steps equality of rights and responsibilities of spouses as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

The Algerian Government interprets article 1, which is common to the two Covenants, as in no case impairing the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination and to control over their natural wealth and resources.

The Algerian Governmen considers that the maintenance of the State of dependence of certain territories referred to in article 1, paragraph 3, of the Covenant.

The Algerian Government interprets the provisions of article 8 of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as making the law the framework for action by the State with respect to the organization and exercise of the right to organize..

The Algerian Government considers that the provisions of article 13, paragraphs 3 of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights can in no case impair its right freely to organize its educational system.

The Algerian Government considers that the provisions of article 13, paragraph 4, of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights can in no case impair its right freely to organize its educational system..

Article14 of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations, to the Charter of the Organization and to the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV)]..

The Algerian Government interprets the provisions of article 23, paragraph 4, of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights regarding the rights and responsibilities of spouses as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution as in no way impairing the essential foundations of the Algerian legal system.