A/RES/64/166 Recalling also the provisions concerning migrants contained in the outcome documents of all major United Nations conferences and summits, including the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 11 which recognizes that migrant workers are among the most vulnerable in the context of the current crisis, 10F Recalling further Commission on Population and Development resolutions 2006/2 of 10 May 2006 12 and 2009/1 of 3 April 2009, 13 1F 12F Taking note with appreciation of the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report 2009: Overcoming Barriers – Human Mobility and Development, 14 13F Taking note of advisory opinion OC-16/99 of 1 October 1999 on the Right to Information on Consular Assistance in the Framework of the Guarantees of the Due Process of Law and advisory opinion OC-18/03 of 17 September 2003 on the Juridical Condition and Rights of Undocumented Migrants, issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Taking note also of the Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 31 March 2004 in the case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, 15 and the Judgment of the Court of 19 January 2009 regarding the Request for interpretation of the Avena Judgment, 16 and recalling the obligations of States reaffirmed in both decisions, 14F 15F Underlining the importance of the Human Rights Council in promoting respect for the protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including migrants, Recognizing the increasing participation of women in international migration movements, Recalling the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, held in New York on 14 and 15 September 2006 for the purpose of discussing the multidimensional aspects of international migration and development, which recognized the relationship between international migration, development and human rights, Noting the second and third meetings of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, held in Manila from 27 to 30 October 2008 and in Athens from 2 to 5 November 2009, respectively, recognizing the discussion on the theme “Inclusion, protection and acceptance of migrants in society: linking human rights and migrant empowerment for development” as a step to address the multidimensional nature of _______________ 11 Resolution 63/303, annex. See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2006, Supplement No. 5 (E/2006/25), chap. I, sect. B. 13 Ibid., 2009, Supplement No. 5 (E/2009/25), chap. I, sect. B. 14 United Nations publication, Sales No. E.09.III.B.1. 15 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/59/4), chap. V, sect. A.23; see also Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 12. 16 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/64/4), chap. V, sect. B.12. See also Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America), Judgment (available from www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/139/14939.pdf). 12 2

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