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Reaffirming also that everyone is entitled to all human rights and fundamental
freedoms, without distinction of any kind, wherever the person is and regardless of his or
her immigration status,
Recognizing that States are responsible for promoting and protecting the human
rights of all persons, including irregular migrants, who are in their territory and subject to
their jurisdiction,
Deeply concerned at the large and growing number of migrants, including women
and children, who have lost their lives or have been injured in attempting to cross
international borders, including those without the required travel documents, and
recognizing the obligation of States to protect and respect the human rights of those
crossing their borders, regardless of their immigration status,
Bearing in mind that policies and initiatives on the issue of migration, including
those that refer to border control and the orderly management of migration, must be in
accordance with international human rights obligations in order to uphold the human rights
and fundamental freedoms of all migrants,
Expressing its concern at measures that, including in the context of policies aimed at
reducing irregular migration, treat irregular migration as a criminal rather than an
administrative offence, where the effect of doing so is to deny migrants the full enjoyment
of their human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Reaffirming that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health is a human right, as reflected in, inter alia, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as, with respect
to non-discrimination, in 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 Persons with Disabilities,
Reaffirming also the need to continue to pursue adequate and sustainable health
financing to promote the progressive realization of the right to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health, and the importance in this regard of
national resource mobilization and international cooperation,
Welcoming the important results of the second High-level Dialogue on International
Migration and Development, held on 3 and 4 October 2013,
Reaffirming the Declaration of the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration
and Development, adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session,1 which
acknowledges the important contribution of migration in realizing the Millennium
Development Goals and recognizes that human mobility is a key factor for sustainable
development, which should receive due consideration in the elaboration of the post-2015
development agenda,
Taking note of the seventh Global Forum on Migration and Development, which
highlighted that migrants’ access to basic services, including health services, is one way to
ensure that migrants are not excluded from the goals that will be articulated by the
international community for the post-2015 development agenda, and emphasized the
importance of facilitating access to regular forms of migration and, where applicable, to
social services, including health goods, services and conditions, that contribute to the
prosperity of countries of origin, transit and destination and to the strengthening of the
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General Assembly resolution 68/4.