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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
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GENERAL
A/RES/50/168
16 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 107
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/630 and Corr.1)]
50/168.
Violence against women migrant workers
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 47/96 of 16 December 1992, 48/110 of
20 December 1993 and 49/165 of 23 December 1994, as well as Commission on the
Status of Women resolution 38/7 of 18 March 1994, 1/ and taking note of
Commission on the Status of Women resolution 39/7 of 31 March 1995 2/ and
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/20 of 24 February 1995, 3/
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 4/
Taking note with concern of the report of the Working Group on
Contemporary Forms of Slavery of the Subcommission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its twentieth session, 5/ in
particular its observations with respect to the treatment of migrant workers,
Acknowledging the preliminary report of the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and its
consequences, 6/
1/
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 7 (E/1994/27), chap. I, sect. C.
2/
Ibid., 1995, Supplement No. 6 (E/1995/26), chap. I, sect. C.
3/
Ibid., Supplement No. 3 (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II.
4/
A/50/378.
5/
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/28 and Add.1.
6/
E/CN.4/1995/42.
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