"1. Welcomes the convening of the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Violence against Women Migrant Workers in Manila, from 27 to 31 May 1996; "2. Decides to consider the report of the Expert Group Meeting, as well as the reports/recommendations of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on Violence against Women, the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, including its Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, concerned agencies and bodies of the United Nations system and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on the issue of violence against women migrant workers, at its forty-second session, in 1998, and to submit its report and recommendations thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session." 140. In introducing the draft resolution, the representative of the Philippines orally revised it. 141. Subsequently, Ecuador, Morocco, Indonesia and Sri Lanka1 joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, as orally revised. 142. At the 15th meeting, on 21 March, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, Commission resolution 41/4). 143. Before the draft resolution was adopted, statements were made by the representative of the Philippines and the observer for Singapore. Traffic in women and girls 144. At the 14th meeting, on 20 March, the representative of the Philippines, on behalf of Bangladesh,1 Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mongolia,1 Namibia, Paraguay, the Philippines and South Africa,1 introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1997/L.11) entitled "Traffic in women and girls". Subsequently, Angola, Argentina,1 Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,1 Guinea, Indonesia, Italy,1 Kyrgyzstan,1 Malaysia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova,1 Romania,1 Thailand, Togo, the United States of America, Venezuela1 and Viet Nam1 joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, which read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Reaffirming its faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, "Recalling its resolution 40/4 of 22 March 1996, General Assembly resolution 51/66 of 12 December 1996 and the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/24 of 19 April 1996, as well as all previous resolutions adopted by these three bodies on the subject of traffic in women and girls, -58-