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1. Once again calls upon all States to guarantee the universally recognized freedom of travel to
all foreign nationals legally residing in their territory;
2. Reaffirms that all Governments, in particular those of receiving countries, must recognize the
vital importance of family reunification and promote its incorporation into national legislation in order
to ensure protection of the unity of families of documented migrants;
3. Calls upon all States to allow, in conformity with international legislation, the free flow of
financial remittances by foreign nationals residing in their territory to their relatives in the country of
origin;
4. Also calls upon all States to refrain from enacting, and to repeal if it already exists, legislation
intended as a coercive measure that discriminates against legal migrants by adversely affecting family
reunification and the right to send financial remittances to relatives in the country of origin;
5. Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-third session under the item
entitled "Human rights questions".
70th plenary meeting
12 December 1997