Measures to Improve the Situation and Ensure the Human Rights and Dignity of All Migrant Workers

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1977–1990

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/44/155

1990A/RES/44/155Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workersLatestCompare with previous version
1989A/RES/43/146Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workersCompare with previous version
1988A/RES/42/140Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workersCompare with previous version
1987A/RES/41/151Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workersCompare with previous version
1986A/RES/40/130Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workersCompare with previous version

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What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics

Human Rights Migrant Workers Migrant Workers' Families Treaties

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

Calls upon all States, taking into account the provisions of the relevant instruments adopted by the International Labour Organisation and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to take measures to prevent and put an end to all discrimination against migrant workers and to ensure the implementation of such measures;

Invites all States, particularly host countries, to give the widest possible dissemination, ínter alia through the mass media, to information aimed at promoting better public understanding of the contribution of migrant workers to the economic growth and social and cultural development of those countries and at fostering a climate of mutual understanding;

Also invites the Governments of host countries to adopt the necessary measures to prevent any activity that might be prejudicial to the interests of migrant workers;

Again invites the Governments of host countries to give consideration to adopting definitive measures to promote in their territories a normal family life for migrant workers by reuniting families;

Expresses the hope that the Commission on Human Rights will submit to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1979 the study recommended in General Assembly resolution 32/120, on the basis of the concrete proposals formulated by the Working Group established pursuant to Council resolution 1978/22;

Calls upon all States to give consideration to ratifying the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation;

Requests the Secretary-General to explore with Member States and in co-operation with the United Nations agencies, particularly the International Labour Organisation, the possibility of drawing up an international convention on the rights of migrant workers;

Invites the Governments of host countries to adopt measures to ensure that the children of migrant workers receive genuinely equal treatment in the field of education and training;

Also invites those Govemments to co-operate with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with a view to enabling migrant workers and their families to benefit from all necessary opportunities in the field of education in order to enable them to participate fully in the life of the society of the host country while preserving their national and cultural identity.

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