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Second Meeting of States Parties
to Convention on Migrant Workers
2nd Meeting (AM)
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è e meeting of States Parties to t e Convention on t e Protection of t e
Rig ts of All Migrant Workers and Members of è eir Families elected a
C airperson, two Vice-C airpersons and five Committee members, as it eld its
second meeting at Headquarters t is morning.
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è e Convention, w ic entered into force on 1 July 2003, seeks to prevent
and eliminate t e exploitation of migrant workers. It provides a set of binding
international standards to address t e treatment, welfare and uman rig ts of bot
documented and undocumented migrants, as well as obligations and
responsibilities of sending and receiving States.
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States parties report to t e 10-member Committee on t e Protection of t e
Rig ts of all Migrant Workers and Members of è eir Families on steps t ey ave
taken to implement t e Convention wit in a year of its entry into force for t e
concerned States, and t ereafter every five years. Under t e treaty, a State party
may recognize t e Committee¶s competence to receive communications from
individuals wit in t at State¶s jurisdiction, w o claim t eir rig ts ave been
violated.
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pening today¶s meeting, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director of t e New York
ffice of t e Hig Commissioner for Human Rig ts, noted t at t e number of
States t at ad ratified or acceded to t e Convention ad increased from 24 to 34.
è e increase was encouraging, but States parties came predominantly from t ree
regional groups, and t e Convention could only be effective in protecting migrant
workers¶ rig ts w en it represented all regions. His ffice would continue
promoting t e Convention t roug its drive for universal ratification, t e Steering
Committee on t e Promotion of Ratification of t e Convention, t e Geneva
Migration group and its Secretariat.
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He added t at t e Committee ad received initial reports from Mali and
Mexico, but t at 25 ot er States were now overdue in presenting t em. è e
Committee could only demonstrate its relevance to present-day migrant situations
by considering States¶ reports and applying t e Convention. States s ould present
t eir reports wit out delay, and also recognize t e Committee¶s ability to consider
communications from ot er States parties and individuals on violations to t e
Convention.
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Mali¶s representative observed t at t e number of migrant workers ad risen
from 175 million in 2003 to its current figure of more t an 185 million, and t at
almost all nations now acted as origin, destination or transit points. Stressing t at
t e Convention was a vital tool in promoting migrant rig ts, e said t e General
Assembly¶s 2006 ig -level dialogue on international migration s ould determine
ow to take advantage of its benefits, and minimize its negative effects.
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è e meeting¶s new C airperson Fayssal Mekdad ( Syria), was t en elected
by acclamation. Next, t e meeting adopted its agenda and elected, by acclamation,
Abdalla Baali ( Algeria) and Silvia Espindora ( Ecuador), as Vice-C airpersons.
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Following t ose actions, it elected by secret ballot, Me met Sevim (èurkey),
Prasad Kariyawasam (Sri Lanka), Anamaria Dieguez Arevalo (Guatemala), Jose
Serrano Brillantes (P ilippines), and Azad èag izade (Azerbaijan) to replace five
members of t e Committee w ose terms of office would expire on 31 December
2005.
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è e Committee¶s current members include Jose Serrano Brillantes (
P ilippines), Anamaria Dieguez Arevalo ( Guatemala), Art ur S atto Gakwandi (
Uganda), Prasad Kariyawasam ( Sri Lanka), Azad èag izade ( Azerbaijan),
Francisco Alba ( Mexico), Franciso Carrion-Mena ( Ecuador), Ana Elizabet
Cubias Medina ( El Salvador), A med Hassan El-Borai ( Egypt), and
Abdel amid El Jamri ( Morocco).
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