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their legal status, and to treat them humanely, in particular with regard to assistance
and protection;
10. Reaffirms emphatically the duty of States parties to the Vienna
Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 16 to ensure full respect for and
observance of the Convention, in particular with regard to the right of foreign
nationals, regardless of their immigration status, to communicate with a consular
official of their own State in the case of detention, and the obligation of the State in
whose territory the detention occurs to inform the foreign national of that right;
11. Reaffirms the responsibility of Governments to safeguard and protect the
rights of migrants against illegal or violent acts, in particular acts of racial
discrimination and crimes perpetrated with racist or xenophobic motivation by
individuals or groups, and urges them to reinforce measures in this regard;
12. Urges all States to adopt effective measures to put an end to the arbitrary
arrest and detention of migrants, including by individuals or groups;
13. Encourages Member States that have not yet done so to enact domestic
criminal legislation to combat the international trafficking of migrants, which
should take into account, in particular, trafficking that endangers the lives of
migrants or includes different forms of servitude or exploitation, such as any form
of debt bondage or sexual or labour exploitation, and to strengthen international
cooperation to combat such trafficking;
14. Calls upon States, when enacting national security legislation measures,
to observe national legislation and applicable international legal instruments to
which they are party, in order to respect the human rights of migrants;
15. Encourages States to consider participating in international and regional
dialogues on migration that include countries of origin and destination, as well as
countries of transit, and invites them to consider negotiating bilateral and regional
agreements on migrant workers within the framework of applicable human rights
law and designing and implementing programmes with States of other regions to
protect the rights of migrants;
16. Encourages all Governments to remove obstacles that may prevent the
safe, unrestricted and expeditious transfer of earnings, assets and pensions of
migrants to their country of origin or to any other countries, in conformity with
applicable legislation, and to consider, as appropriate, measures to solve other
problems that may impede such transfers;
17. Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that
allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family
reunification and promote a harmonious and tolerant environment, and encourages
States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
18. Calls upon all States to protect the human rights of migrant children, in
particular unaccompanied migrant children, ensuring that the best interests of the
children and the importance of reuniting them with their parents, when possible and
appropriate, are the paramount consideration, and encourages the relevant United
Nations bodies, within the framework of their respective mandates, to pay special
attention to the conditions of migrant children in all States and, where necessary, to
put forward recommendations for strengthening their protection;
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