A/RES/48/110 Page 2 Recognizing that it is the duty of sending countries to protect and promote the interests of their citizens who seek or receive employment in other countries, to provide them with appropriate training/education, and to apprise them of their rights and obligations in the countries of employment, Aware of the moral obligation of receiving or host countries to ensure the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons within their boundaries, including migrant workers, in particular women migrant workers, who are doubly vulnerable because of their gender and because they areforeigners, Noting with concern the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against the persons of women migrant workers by some of their employers in some host countries, Stressing that acts of violence directed against women impair or nullify the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, Convinced of the need to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and the need to protect them from gender-based violence, 1. Expresses grave concern at the plight of women migrant workers who become victims of physical, mental and sexual harassment and abuse; 2. Recognizes with appreciation the efforts exerted by some receiving countries to alleviate the negative situation of women migrant workers; 3. Welcomes the recommendation to the General Assembly by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1993/10 of 27 July 1993 of the draft Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women; 3/ 4. Reaffirms the provision in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action that the rights of women should form an integral part of United Nations human rights activities, including the promotion of all human rights instruments specifically relating to women; 5. Calls upon all countries, particularly the sending and receiving States, to cooperate in taking appropriate steps to ensure that the rights of women migrant workers are protected; 6. Also calls upon the countries concerned to take appropriate measures to ensure that law-enforcement officials and the judiciary assist in guaranteeing the full protection of the rights of women migrant workers; 7. Urges both sending and host countries to help ensure that women migrant workers are protected from unscrupulous recruitment practices, if needed, by the adoption of legal measures; ____________ 3/ See resolution 48/104. /...