49. At the 16th meeting, on 22 March, the representative of Costa Rica orally revised operative paragraph 4 of the draft resolution by replacing the word "important" by the word "special". 50. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, Commission resolution 40/5). Violence against women migrant workers 51. At the 14th meeting, on 21 March, the representative of the Philippines, on behalf of Fiji, 69/ Ghana, 69/ Israel 69/ and the Philippines, introduced and orally revised a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1996/L.7) entitled "Violence against women migrant workers". Subsequently,Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal 69/ joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, which read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, which reaffirms faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of women and men, "Reaffirming the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, "Recalling General Assembly resolutions 47/96 of 16 December 1992, 48/110 of 20 December 1993, 49/165 of 23 December 1994 and 50/168 of 22 December 1995 and Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 38/7 of 18 March 1994 and 39/7 of 31 March 1995, as well as the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women adopted by the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session, "Welcoming the conclusions and recommendations made by recent international conferences, including the World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in June 1993, the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in September 1994, the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen in March 1995 and the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995, on the promotion and protection of the rights and fundamental freedoms of women, in particular women migrant workers, "Noting the large numbers of women from developing countries and from some countries with economies in transition who continue to venture forth to more affluent countries in search of a living for themselves and their families as a consequence of poverty, unemployment and other socio-economic conditions, "Recognizing that it is the duty of sending countries to protect and promote the interests of their citizens who seek or receive employment in other countries, to provide them with appropriate training/education and to apprise them of their rights and obligations in the countries of employment, "Aware of the moral obligation of receiving or host countries to ensure the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons within -58-