A/RES/70/147
Protection of migrants
11. Encourages States, relevant international organizations, civil society,
including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to continue and to
enhance their dialogue in relevant international meetings with a view to
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; 24
13. Recognizes the importance of the contribution of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Chair of the Committee on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and
the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights of
migrants, as well as other key actors, to the discussion on international migration;
14. Invites the Chair of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to present an oral report on the
work of the Committee and to engage in an interactive dialogue with the General
Assembly at its seventy-first session, under the item entitled “Promotion and
protection of human rights”, as a way to enhance communication between the
Assembly and the Committee;
15. Invites the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to submit
his report to the General Assembly and to engage in an interactive dialogue at its
seventy-first session, under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human
rights”;
16. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the promotion and
protection of human rights, including ways and means to promote the human rights
of migrants, 25 and notes the recommendations on migrant domestic workers
contained therein;
17. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly and
the Human Rights Council at their seventy-first and thirty-third sessions,
respectively, a comprehensive report entitled “Human rights of migrants”, covering
all aspects of the implementation of the present resolution;
18.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
80th plenary meeting
17 December 2015
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A/70/259.