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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/158
8 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 116 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/605/Add.1 and Corr.1)]
54/158. 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 Women,4 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 the situation and to guarantee respect for the human rights and
dignity of all migrant workers and members of their families,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
3
4
Resolution 34/180, annex.
5
Resolution 44/25, annex.
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