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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/175
27 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 112 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/635/Add.2)]
50/175.
Respect for the right to universal freedom
of travel and the vital importance of family
reunification
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are
universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
Recalling the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 1/
Stressing that, as stated in the Programme of Action of the
International Conference on Population and Development, 2/ family
reunification of documented migrants is an important factor in international
migration, and that remittances by documented migrants to their countries of
origin often constitute a very important source of foreign exchange and are
instrumental in improving the well-being of relatives left behind,
Recalling also its resolution 49/182 of 23 December 1994,
1.
Once again calls upon all States to guarantee the universally
recognized freedom of travel to all foreign nationals legally residing in
their territory;
1/
Resolution 217 A (III).
2/
Report of the International Conference on Population and
Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No.
E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
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