A/HRC/15/60 4. Calls upon all Governments to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries; 5. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary human, technical and financial assistance to the Special Rapporteur for the effective fulfilment of his/her mandate; 6. Decides to continue consideration of this question in conformity with its annual programme of work. 31st meeting 30 September 2010 [Adopted without a vote.] 15/16 Human rights of migrants The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race, colour or national origin, Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Recalling also the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, reaffirming the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and recalling the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, Recalling further previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Council on the protection of the human rights of migrants, the most recent being Council resolution 12/6 of 1 October 2009 and Assembly resolution 64/166 of 18 December 2009, and recalling also the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, Reaffirming that everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State, and to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country, Concerned at the large and growing number of migrants, especially women and children, who attempt to cross international borders without the required travel documents, which places them in a particularly vulnerable situation, and recognizing the obligation of States to respect the human rights of those migrants, 36 GE.11-17043

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