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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/85
7 February 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/619/Add.1)]
51/85.
International Convention on the Protection
of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming once more the permanent validity of the principles and norms
set forth in the basic instruments regarding the international protection of
human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the
International Covenants on Human Rights,2 the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,3 the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women4 and the Convention
on the Rights of the Child,5
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,
Reiterating that, despite the existence of an already established body
of principles and norms, there is a need to make further efforts to improve
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
Resolution 34/180, annex.
5
Resolution 44/25, annex.
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