A/RES/60/169. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2005

• Resolution Number: A/RES/60/169
• Session: 60th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/60/169

General Assembly Distr.: General

7 March 2006

Sixtieth session

Agenda item 71 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/509/Add.2 (Part II))]

60/169. Protection of migrants

The General Assembly

,

Reaffirming

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

1

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

its resolution 59/194 of 20 December 2004, taking note of

Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/47 of 19 April 2005,

2

and recalling

its resolution 40/144 of 13 December 1985, by which it adopted the Declaration on

the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which

They Live,

Considering

that every State party to the International Covenant on Civil and

Political Rights

3

must ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its

jurisdiction the rights recognized in the Covenant, and that every State party to the

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

3

has undertaken to

guarantee the exercise of all rights enunciated in that Covenant without

discrimination of any kind, including, in particular, on the basis of national origin,

Reaffirming

the provisions concerning migrants adopted by the World

Conference on Human Rights,

4

the International Conference on Population and

Development,

5

the World Summit for Social Development

6

and the Fourth World

Conference on Women,

7

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1 Resolution 217 A (III).

2 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum

(E/2005/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.

3 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

4 See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.

5 See Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September

1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.

6 See Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United

Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.

7 See Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations

publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.