Women, to be funded from the existing funds of relevant United Nations bodies and from voluntary contributions by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, which would have the following functions, among others: "(a) Conduct continuing studies on the situation of migrant workers on a global and/or regional basis; "(b) Disseminate information on migrant worker issues; "(c) Provide training and information to migrant workers to enable them to assert their rights and fundamental freedoms; "(d) Make recommendations on measures to address, from cross-sectoral, interregional, regional and subregional perspectives, the issues affecting migrant workers, in particular women migrant workers; "(e) Serve as a forum for the exchange of views, expertise and the like on migrant workers; "(f) Organize seminars, consultations and conferences on issues affecting migrant workers, particularly women migrant workers; "8. Reiterates its recommendation to the Commission on Human Rights to make the protection and promotion of the rights of women migrant workers one of its priority concerns, and for the Special Rapporteur of the Commission to continue to include among the urgent issues pertaining to her mandate the violence perpetrated against women migrant workers; "9. Welcomes the scheduled holding from 27 to 30 May 1996 of the United Nations Expert Group meeting on the issue of violence against women migrant workers, and requests that the Group’s report be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council, and that recommendations for concrete indicators to determine the situation of women migrant workers in sending and receiving countries be included in the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session, together with the reports of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and of relevant United Nations bodies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations." 52. At the 16th meeting, on 22 March, the representative of the Philippines, on behalf of the sponsors, read out further revisions to the draft resolution. 53. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, Commission resolution 40/6). Attainment of strategic objectives and action to be taken in the critical area of concern: women and the media 54. At the 14th meeting, on 21 March, the representative of Costa Rica, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China, introduced and orally revised a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1996/L.8) entitled "Attainment of strategic objectives and action to be taken in critical areas: women and the media". The draft resolution read as follows: -60-

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