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230 General Assembly-Fort)'-second Session tary-General and the High Commissioner in the im- plementation of humanitarian programmes of assistance for the student refugees III sout hem Africa; 10. Request., the High Commissioner, in co-operation with the Secretary-General, to continue to keep the matter under review, to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1988, of the current status of the programmes and to report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session on rhe implementation of the present resolution. (J3rd plenary meeting 7 D<'Cemher 1987 42/139. Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia The General Assembly, Recalling all its resolut1011s. n1 particular resolution 41/141 of 4 December 1986. as well as all those of the Economic and Social Council. 011 as,istam:e to displaced persons in Ethiopia, Taking note of the report oft he Secretary-General on as- sistance to displaced persons m Ethiopia, 161 Having considered the report of the l 'rnted Nation~ High Commissioner for Refugees, 111q Recognizing the increas111g 11urnhn of \oluntary retur- nees and refugees in Ethiopia. Deeply concerned at the situation of displaced persons and voluntary returnees in the countrv. which has been aggravated by the devastating effect ·of the prolonged drought, Aware of the heavy burden placed 011 the Ciovernment of Ethiopia and of the need for adequate assistance to dis- placed persons and victims of natural disasters. as \\ ell as to voluntary returnees and rerugees. I. Commends the Office of the Untied Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and international organiza, tions and voluntary agencies for their assistance to refu gees and voluntary returnees in Ethiopia. _2 .. Appeals to Member States and to mternational orga mzat1ons and voluntary agencies to provide Ethiopia with adequate material, financial and technical assistance in or- der to carry out relief and rehabilitation programmes for displaced persons, voluntary returnees and refugees; 3, Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for R~fug,ees to continue his efforts in mobilizing humamtanan assistance for the relief, rehabilitation and re~ettlement of voluntary rl'l1t111ees :rnd refugees in Ethi op1a; ~- Requ~sls the Secretary Cieneral, 111 co-operation with the High Commissioner, t() apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1988, of the implementation of the present resolution and to re por~ thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-third sesston. 161 A/42/499 <J3rd r!c•1w~· 111,·e1111g • ., Ii; ,c1,1h, 1 ! Wil 42/140. Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers The General A \semhly, Reaffirming once more the permanent validity of the principles and standards set forth in the basic instruments regarding the international protection of human rights, in particular in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2 the International Covenants on Human Rights, 13 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination3 and the Convention on the Elimination nf All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 52 Bearing in mind the principles and standards established within the framework of the International Labour Organi- sation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the importance of the task car- ried out in connection with migrant workers and their families in other specialized agencies and in various or- gans of the United Nations, Reiterating that. in spite of the existence of an already established body of principles and standards, there is a need to make further efforts to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant work- ers and their families. Recalling its resolution 34/ 172 of 17 December 1979, in which it decided to establish 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, Recalling also its resolutions 35/198 of 15 December 1980, 36/160 of 16 December 1981, 37/170 of 17 Decem- ber 1982, 38/86 of 16December 1983, 39/102 of 14 December 1984, 40/130 of 13 December 1985 and 41/151 of4 December 1986, in which it renewed the man- date of the Working Group on the Drafting of an Interna- tional Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families and requested it to nmtinLJe its work. Having examined the progress made by the Working Group at its sixth inter-sessional meeting, held from 1 to 12 June 1987, and at the current session of the General Assembly, from 22 September to 2 October 1987, during which the Group continued with the second reading of the draft convention, I, Takes note with satisfaction of the two most recent reports of the Working Group on the Drafting of an Inter- national Convention on the Protection oft he Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families 102 and, in particular, of the progress made by the Working Group on the draft- ing, in second reading, of the draft convention; 2. Decides that, in order to enable it to complete its task as soon as possible, the Working Group shall again hold an inter-sessional meeting of two weeks' duration in New York, immediately after the first regular session of 1 g88 of the Economic and Social Council; .'\. Invites the Secretary-General to transmit to Gov- a:rnments the tw() most recent reports of the Working Group so as to enable the members of the Group to con- rmue the drafting, in second reading, of the draft conven- tion during the inter-sessional meeting to be held in the ,pring of 1988. as well as to transmit the results obtained 11 that meeting to I he General Assembly for consideration -luring its forty-tlurd ,ession;

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