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

A/RES/39/102View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1977–1990
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/44/155
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1990
A/RES/44/155

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers

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1989
A/RES/43/146

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers

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1988
A/RES/42/140

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers

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1987
A/RES/41/151

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers

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1986
A/RES/40/130

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers

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What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects
Migrant WorkersMigrant Workers' FamiliesTreatiesWork Programme

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with satisfaction of the reports of the Working Group on the Drafting of an International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families and commends it for concluding, in its first reading, the drafting of the preamble and articles. which will serve as the basis for the second reading of the draft convention;
2
Decides that, in order to enable it to complete its task as soon as possible, the Working Group shall again hold an inter-sessional meeting of two weeks' duration in New York, immediately after the first regular session of 1985 of the Economic and Social Council;
3
Invites the Secretary-General to transmit to Governments the reports of the Working Group so as to enable the members of the Group to undertake tife second reading of the preamble and the articles during the inter-sessional meeting to be held in the spring of I 985, as well as to transmit the results obtained at that meeting to the General Assembly for consideration during its fortieth session;
4
Also invites the Secretary-General to transmit the above-mentioned documents to the competent organs of the United Nations and to international organizations concerned. for their information, so as to enable them to continue their co-operation with the Working Group;
5
Decides that the Working Group shall meet during the fortieth session of the General Assembly, preferably at the beginning of the session, to continue the second reading of the draft international convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families.
101st p/enar_v meeting
14 December 1984
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by paragraph I of this article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph I of this article with respect to any State Party having made ~uch a reservation. 3.
Any State Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw this reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Article 31 A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.
Such a denunciation shall not have the effect of releasing the State Party from its obligations under this Convention in regard to any act or omission which occurs prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes effective, nor shall denunciation prejudice in any way the continued consideration of any matter which is already under consideration by the Committee prior to the date at which the denunciation becomes effective.
Following the date at which the denunciation of a State Party becomes effective, the Committee shall not commence consideration of any new matter regarding that State.
Article 32 The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States Members of the United Nations and all States which have signed this Convention or acceded to it of the following:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under articles 25 and 26;
(/,) The date of entry into force of this Convention under article 27 and the date of the entry into force of any amendments under article 29;
(cl Denunciations under article 31
Article 33 I. This Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally :uthentic. shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all States.
62 Resolution 217 A (Ill).
66 See A/C.3/39/ I.
63 Resolution 2200 A (XXI). annex.
67 A/C3/39/4 and Corr.!.
64 Resolution 2106 A (XX). annex.
68 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Counc,i. F,(/1•-/,>lmh Sessim,. Supplement No 6.(Fl,265). chap. XX. sect. A.
• • 65 Resolution 34/180, annex.

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