United Nations
A/RES/59/262
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 March 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 105 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/503/Add.1)]
59/262. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
The General Assembly,
Guided by the basic instruments regarding the international protection of
human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 and other
relevant human rights instruments, and reaffirming the obligation of States to
promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recalling its resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990, by which it adopted and
opened for signature, ratification and accession the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
Recalling also the entry into force of the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on
1 July 2003,
Considering that, in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted
by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 2 all States are urged to
guarantee the protection of the human rights of all migrant workers and their
families and are invited to consider the possibility of signing and ratifying the
Convention at the earliest possible time,
Bearing in mind the principles and norms established within the framework of
the International Labour Organization and the importance of the work done in
connection with migrant workers and members of their families in other specialized
agencies and in various organs of the United Nations, as well as in the International
Organization for Migration,
Conscious of the marked increase in migratory movements that has occurred,
especially in certain parts of the world,
Deeply concerned at the manifestations of violence, racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and inhuman and
degrading treatment directed against migrants in various parts of the world,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.