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(e) To deal with applications to enter or leave a State for the purpose of family
reunification in a positive, humane and expeditious manner, while ensuring that the submission
of such requests entail no adverse consequences for the applicants and for the members of their
family;
(f) To consider the possibility of adopting immigration programmes that allow migrants
to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family reunification and promote a harmonious
and tolerant environment;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote and raise
awareness of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to
support, as appropriate, the building of greater synergies between the Committee on the Rights
of the Child and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families, and to strengthen cooperation for the protection of migrant children;
7.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
continue to elaborate and disseminate training and awareness-raising material on the rights of
children in the context of migration, and to continue to contribute to national efforts in the
development and implementation of policies and programmes that promote and protect their
rights and, upon the request of States, to continue to provide assistance in the training of
immigration officials;
8.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a study on challenges
and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the
rights of the child in the context of migration, in consultation with relevant stakeholders,
including States, regional organizations, civil society organizations and national human rights
institutions, and requests that the study be available on the website of the Office prior to the
fifteenth session of the Council, and to disseminate it to all relevant international forums.
30th meeting
1 October 2009
[Adopted without a vote.]
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