International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

1993/89. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

The Commission on Human Rights, Reaffirming once more the permanent validity of the principles and standards embodied in the principal instruments regarding the international protection of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Bearing in mind the principles and standards established within the framework of the International Labour Organisation and the importance of the task carried out in connection with migrant workers and their families in other specialized agencies and in various United Nations bodies, Reiterating that, in spite of the existence of an already established body of principles and standards, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers and their families, Recalling General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990, in which the Assembly adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Recalling that the General Assembly, in its resolution 47/110 of 16 December 1992, requested the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session a report on the status of the Convention, Recalling its resolution 1991/60 of 6 March 1991, in which it encouraged the Secretary-General to assume an active role in disseminating information on, and promoting, the Convention through the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights and the programme of advisory services in the field of human rights and in cooperation with interested United Nations bodies, Aware of the situation of migrant workers and members of their families and the marked increase in migratory movements that has occurred, especially in certain parts of the world,

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (E/CN.4/1993/51);

2. Urges all Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention as a matter of priority, and expresses the hope that it will enter into force at an early date;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to provide all facilities and assistance necessary for the promotion of the Convention, through the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights and the programme of advisory services in the field of human rights;

4. Invites specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to intensify their efforts with a view to disseminating information on the Convention and to promoting understanding thereof;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftieth session a report on the status of the Convention;

6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda for the fiftieth session of the Commission the item entitled "Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers".

67th meeting
10 March 1993
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XIII.]