5.
Invites the States concerned, specifically countries of origin and destination, to consider
adopting appropriate legal measures against intermediaries who deliberately encourage the clandestine
movement of workers and who exploit women migrant workers in violation of their human dignity;
6.
Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as
the Slavery Convention of 1926;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftyeighth session a comprehensive follow-up report on the problem of violence against women migrant workers,
taking into account the views of States and based on all available information from authorities and bodies within
the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations and other sources, including non-governmental
organizations;
8.
Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-eighth session under the
appropriate agenda item.
63rd meeting
25 April 2000
[Adopted without a vote. ]
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