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11. Requests all States, in conformity with national legislation and applicable
international legal instruments to which they are party, to enforce labour law
effectively, including by addressing violations of such law, with regard to migrant
workers’ labour relations and working conditions, inter alia, those related to their
remuneration and conditions of health, safety at work and the right to freedom of
association;
12. Encourages all States to remove obstacles that may prevent the safe,
unrestricted and expeditious transfer of remittances of migrants to their country of
origin or to any other countries, in conformity with applicable legislation, and to
consider, as appropriate, measures to solve other problems that may impede such
transfers;
13. Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that
allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family
reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and
encourages States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
14. Requests Member States, the United Nations system, international
organizations, civil society and all relevant stakeholders, especially the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the
human rights of migrants, to ensure that the perspective of the human rights of
migrants is included among the priority issues in the ongoing discussions on
international migration and development within the United Nations system, bearing
in mind the discussions of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and
Development held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58/208 of 23 December
2003;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the
present resolution at its sixty-second session and decides to examine the question
further under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
81st plenary meeting
19 December 2006
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