A/RES/35/198 GA

VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 209 General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights informed as he deems it appropriate: 2. Welcomes with appreciation the offer made by the Government of Sri Lanka to be host to a seminar of Member States of the Asian region to consider appro- priate arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights in the region; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements, following finalization of the consultations with Member States of the Asian region, with a view to holding the above-mentioned seminar at Colombo in 1981 and to inform the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session of the deliberations of the seminar. 96th plenary meeting I 5 December I 980 35/198. Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers The General Assembly, Affirming the need to establish international co- operation by resolving international problems of an eco- nomic, social, intellectual or humanitarian nature and by developing and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, Recalling in this connexion the provisions of the Uni- versal Declaration of Human Rights. 1'' of the 1 nterna- tional Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination' 1" and of the International Cove- nants on Human Rights, 117 Convinced of the contribution made by migrant workers to the economic growth and the social and cul- tural development of the host countries, Bearing in mind the international instruments elab- orated for the protection of migrant workers by the spe- cialized agencies and especially by the International Labour Organisation, Bearing in mind the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, '1' and the Recommen- dation concerning Migrant Workers, 1975,''" adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Conscious, however, of the need for furth'c!r efforts to ensure the protection of the rights and the improvement of the living conditions of all migrant workers and their families, Concerned by the fact that the problem of migrant workers is becoming more serious in certain regions, owing to current political and economic circumstances and for social and cultural reasons, Recognizing the need for the Governments of host countries and of countries of origin to co-operate with a view to finding solutions conducive to improving the sit- uation and ensuring the rights of all migrant workers and their families. Reaffirming that the family is the natural and fun- damental unit of society and is entitled to protection by "' Resolution 217 A (Ill). " 6 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. "' Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 13 ' International Labour Office, Official Bulletin. vol. L VIII. 1975, series A, No. I, Convention No. 143. "' Ibid., No. I, Recommendation No. 151 society and the State and that, in that context, the families of migrant workers are entitled to the same pro- tection as the migrant workers themselves, Recalling its resolution 34 / 172 of 17 December 1979, in which it decided to create, at its thirty-fifth session, a working group open to all Member States to elaborate an international convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families, Noting with satisfaction that the Working Group on the Drafting of an International Convention on the Pro- tection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families has been able to commence its work during the thirty-fifth session in accordance with its terms of refer- ence, Noting, in particular, that it is important that the Working Group should make substantial progress be- fore the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly, in order to facilitate the accomplishment of its task, I. Welcomes the fact that at the current session the Working Group has begun its work with a view to the elaboration of a draft convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families; 2. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Chairman of the Working Group 140 as well as the docu- ments annexed to it; 3. Decides that the Working Group shall hold an in- tersessional meeting of two weeks' duration in New York in May 1981, immediately after the first regular session of the Economic and Social Council of 1981, to enable it to continue its work in order to discharge its mandate to the best of its ability during the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly; 4. Invites the Secretary-General to communicate to Governments the report of the Chairman of the Work- ing Group and the documents annexed to it in order to enable the members of the Working Group, in the light of instructions from their respective Governments, to undertake during the second phase of its activities, at the intersessional meeting of May 1981, the preparation of a preliminary draft convention for consideration by the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session; 5. Also invites the Secretary-General to communi- cate, for information purposes, the above-mentioned documents to the competent organs of the United Nations system and to the interested international or- ganizations, in order to enable them to participate in the work of the Working Group and to co-operate in the preparation of the draft convention; 6. Further invites the Secretary-General to com- municate to Governments, to the competent organs of the United Nations system and to the interested inter- national organizations the report and the preliminary draft convention to be drawn up by the Working Group at its intersessional meeting of May 1981, in order to en- sure effective preparation of the work of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly on the elaboration of a draft convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families; 7. Decides that the Working Group shall meet dur- ing the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly in order to continue its work on the elaboration of an in- ternational convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families. '"' AIC.l/35/13. 96th plenary meeting 15 December l 980

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