A/C.3/45/WG.1/WP.l/Rev.1 16 May 1990 ORIGINAL: ARABIC/CHINESE/ENGLISH/ FRENCH/RUSSIAN/SPANISH Forty-fifth session THIRDCOMMITTEE Working GroupI Item12ofthepreliminary list* REPORT OFTHEECONOMIC ANDSOCIAL COUNCIL Open-ended Working Grouponthe Draft.i,.l..19~~rLJll!:J!xnq,);j,QJta;J, Convention ontheProtection oftheRightsofA~l-MigraIlt Workers andTill1irFamilie$. TEXTOFTHEPREAMBLE ANDARTICLES OFTHEINTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ONTHEPROTECTION OFTHERIGHTS OFALL MIGRANT WORKERS ANDTHEIRFAMILIES ADOPTED ONSECOND READING BYTHEWORKING GROUP** *A/45/50. **Revised onthebasisofatechnical reviewoflinguistic issues. 90-12565 1547f(E) I...-2- Preamble TheStatesParties tothepresent Convention, Takingintoaccount theprinciples embodied inthebasicinstruments ofthe United Nations concerning humanrights, inparticular theUniversal Declaration of HumanRights, theInternational Covenant onEconomic, Social andCultural Rights, theInternational Covenant onCivilandPolitical Rights, theInternational Convention ontheElimination ofAllFormsofRacialDiscrimination andthe Convention ontheElimination ofAllFormsofDiscrimination against Women, Takingintoaccount alsotheprinciples andstandards setforthinthe relevant instruments elaborated withintheframework oftheInternational Labour Organisation, especially theConventions concerning Migration forEmployment (No.97)andMigrations inAbusive Conditions andthePromotion ofEquality of Opportunity andTreatment ofMigrant Workers (No.143)andtheRecommendations concerning Migration forEmployment (No.86)andMigrant Workers (No.151), Reaffirming theimportance oftheprinciples contained intheConvention against Discrimination inEducation oftheUnitedNations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization, Recalling theConvention ontheProtection ofAllPersons fromBeingSubjected toTorture andOtherCruel, Inhuman orDegrading Treatment orPunishment, the Declaration oftheFourthUnitedNations Congress onthePrevention ofCrimeand theTreatment ofOffenders, theCodeofConduct forLawEnforcement Officials, and theSlavery Convention, signedatGeneva on 25September 1926,theProtocol amending theSlavery Conventions, signedatNewYorkon7December 1953,andthe Supplementary Convention ontheAbolition ofSlavery, theSlaveTradeand Institutions andPractices Similar toSlavery, signedatGeneva on7September 1956, Recalling alsothatoneoftheobjectives oftheInternational Labour Organisation, asstatedinitsConstitution, istheprotection oftheinterests of workers whenemployed incountries otherthantheirown,aswellastheexpertise andexperience ofthesaidOrganisation inmatters related tomigrant workers and theirfamilies, Recognizing theimportance oftheworkcarried outinconnection withmigrant workers andtheirfamilies invarious organsoftheUnitedNations system, in particular intheCommission on Human Rights, theCommission forSocial Development, theFoodandAgriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations, the UnitedNations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization andtheWorld HealthOrganization andinvarious regional organizations, Recognizing theprogress madebycertain States onaregional orbilateral basistowards theprotection oftherightsofmigrant workers andtheirfamilies as wellastheimportance andusefulness ofbilateral andmultilateral agreements in thisfield, /...-3- Realizing theimportance andextent ofthemigration phenomenon, which involves millions ofpeople andaffects alargenumber ofStatesinthe international community, Awareoftheimpact oftheflowsofmigrant workers onStates andpeople concerned, anddesiring toestablish normswhichmaycontribute toharmonize the attitudes ofStates through theacceptance ofbasicprinciples concerning the treatment ofmigrant workers andtheirfamilies, Considering thesituation ofvUlnerability inwhichmigrant workers and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a legal document related to the protection of migrant workers and their families. It references various international instruments and conventions, including those related to human rights, labor, and education. The document seems to be focused on establishing norms and principles for the treatment of migrant workers and their families, with a goal of promoting equality and combating discrimination.

**Category**
Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief