Violence against women migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
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SymbolA/RES/60/139
TitleViolence against women migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Requests all Governments to continue to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteurs in the performance of their tasks and mandated duties; calls upon all Governments to incorporate a gender perspective in all policies on international migration, including, inter alia, for the protection of migrant women from violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse; urges concerned Governments, in particular those of the countries of origin and destination, to strengthen further their national efforts to protect and promote the rights and welfare of women migrant workers and to support and allocate appropriate; calls upon concerned Governments, in particular those of the countries of origin and destination, if they have not done so, to put in place penal and criminal sanctions to punish perpetrators of violence against women migrant; requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 62nd session on the problem of violence against women migrant workers.
Action note2005-12-16
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 64th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/60/L.16/Rev.1
Committee reportA/60/503
Meeting record
A/60/PV.64
Agenda information
A/60/251 64 Advancement of women. WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
Date[New York] : UN, 7 Feb. 2006
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5 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.