Protection of migrants
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strengthening and making more inclusive public policies aimed at promoting and
respecting human rights, including those of migrants;
12. Requests Governments and international organizations to take
appropriate measures to give due consideration to the declaration of the High-level
Dialogue on International Migration and Development, held on 3 and 4 October
2013,18 which reaffirmed the need to promote and protect effectively the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration
status, especially those of women and children, and to address international
migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and
through a comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and
responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination in promoting and
protecting the human rights of all migrants and avoiding approaches that might
aggravate their vulnerability;
13. Invites the Chair of the Committee to present an oral report on the work
of the Committee and to engage in an interactive dialogue with the General
Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, under the item entitled “Promotion and
protection of human rights”, as a way to enhance communication between the
Assembly and the Committee;
14. Invites the Special Rapporteur to submit his report to the General
Assembly and to engage in an interactive dialogue at its sixty-ninth session, under
the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”;
15. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the
General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session in accordance with resolution 67/172; 22
16. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
sixty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution and to
include in that report an analysis on ways and means to promote and protect the
rights of migrant children that ensure that the best interest of the child is a primary
consideration, particularly in the case of unaccompanied migrant children and
children separated from their families.
70th plenary meeting
18 December 2013
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