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VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 217 mine freely and without external interference of any kind its economic, political and social system, as recognized in the recent "National Debate"; 9. Trusts that the fulfilment of the commitments as- sumed in the agreement on the "Procedures for the estab- lishment of a firm and lasting peace in Central America" will Jead to improving the situation of human rights in El Salvador; JO. Renews its appeal to ali States to refrain from in- tervening in the internal situation of El Salvador and, in- stead of seeking in different ways to spur the prolongation and intensification of the armed conflict, to stimulate dia- logue until a just and lasting peace is attained; 11. Requests the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional- Frente Democrático Revolucionario, with a view to humanizing the conflict, to continue ensuring that the agreements for the evacuation of the war-wounded and war-injured for medical attention will not be made contin- gent on further prisoner exchanges and negotiations; 12. Requests the competent bodies of the United Na- tions system to provide such advice and assistance as the Government of El Salvador may require in order to en- hance the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms; 13. Requests the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-fifth session to consider the situation of human rights in El Salvador and the mandate of its Special Repre- sentative, taking into account the evolution of the situa- tion of human rights in El Salvador and the developments Jinked to the fulfilment of the agreement signed at Guatemala City; 14. Decides to keep under consideration, during its forty-fourth session, the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador in order to re- examine this situation in the light of the information pro- vided by the Commission on Human Rights and the Eco- nomic and Social Council. 75th plenary meeting 8 December 1988 43/146. Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers The General Assembly, Reaffirming once more the permanent validity of the principies 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,20 the International Convention on the Elimination of Ali Forms of Racial Discrimination3 and the Convention on the Elimination of Ali Forms of Discrimination against Women,118 Bearing in mind the principies and standards established within the framework ofthe 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 principies 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 ali 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 16 December 1983, 39/102 of 14 December 1984, 40/130 of 13 December 1985, 41/151 of 4 December 1986 and 42/140 of 7 December 1987, in which it renewed the mandate of the Working Group on the Drafting of an Intemational Convention on the Pro- tection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families and requested it to continue its work, Having examined the progress made by the Working Group at its seventh inter-sessional meeting, held from 31 May to JO June 1988, and at the current session of the General Assembly, from 27 September to 7 October 1988, during which the Working Group continued with the sec- ond reading of the draft convention, l. Takes note with satisfaction of the two most recent reports ofthe Working Group on the Drafting ofan lnter- national Convention on the Protection ofthe Rights of Ali Migrant Workers and Their Families155 and, in particular, ofthe 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 W orking Group shall again hold an inter-sessional meeting of two weeks' duration in New York, immediately after the first regular session of 1989 of the Economic and Social Council; 3. Invites the Secretary-General to transmit to Gov- ernments the two most recent reports of the Working Group so as to enable the members ofthe Working Group to continue the drafting, in second reading, of the draft convention during the inter-sessional meeting to be held in the spring of 1989, as well as to transmit the results ob- tained at that meeting to the General Assembly for consid- eration during its forty-fourth session; 4. Also invites the Secretary-General to transmit the above-mentioned documents to the competent organs of the United Nations and to the international organizations concerned, for their information, so as to enable them to continue their co-operation with the Working Group; 5. Decides that the Working Group shall meet during the forty-fourth session ofthe General Assembly, prefera- bly at the beginning of the session, to conclude, if possible, the second reading of the draft international convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to do everything possible to ensure adequate Secretariat services for the Working Group for the timely fulfilment of its mandate, both at its inter-sessional meeting to be held after the first regular session of 1989 of the Economic and Social Coun- cil and during the forty-fourth session of the General As- sembly. 111 A/C.3/43/1 and A/C.3/43/7. 75th plenary meeting 8 December 1988

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