A
UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/110
28 February 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 111
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/48/629)]
48/110.
Violence against women migrant workers
The General Assembly,
Recalling that the Charter of the United Nations reaffirms faith in
human rights and fundamental freedoms, in the dignity and worth of the human
person and in the equal rights of men and women,
Reaffirming the principles set forth in the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the
General Assembly by its resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 and annexed
thereto,
Welcoming the reaffirmation made in the Vienna Declaration and Programme
of Action, 1/ adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, that genderbased violence and all forms of sexual harassment and exploitation are
incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person and must be
eliminated by legal measures and through national and international
cooperation, 2/
Noting that large numbers of women from developing countries continue
to venture forth to more affluent countries in search of a living for
themselves and their families, as a consequence of poverty, unemployment and
other socio-economic situations in their home countries, while acknowledging
the primary duty of States to work for conditions that provide employment to
their citizens,
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1/
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
2/
Ibid., chap. III, sect. I, para. 18.
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