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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/115
19 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 112 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/644/Add.1)]
52/115. 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,
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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