E/CN.4/2004/76 page 20 92. The Special Rapporteur invites male and female domestic workers to organize themselves and reminds them that they must be proud of their work. Through their work they contribute to the development and well-being of their families, communities, countries of origin and host countries. Notes 1 The following countries replied to the questionnaire: Costa Rica, Croatia, Germany, Guatemala, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Slovakia, Thailand. Several NGOs and trade unions also sent replies to the questionnaire and collaborated closely with the Special Rapporteur in providing information on the situation of migrant domestic workers. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) also provided very useful information for this report. 2 International Standard Classification of Occupations, Group 9131, ISCO-88, ILO, Geneva. 3 According to an ILO study, the United Arab Emirates issues an average of 300 visas per day for migrant domestic workers. See ILO, Gender Promotion Programme - Series on Women and Migration, No. 10, Migrant Women in the United Arab Emirates, the case of female domestic workers, Rima Sabban, 2002. 4 Others, such as Sri Lanka, register migrant domestic workers before they leave. The register includes, inter alia, the country of destination and the name and address of the employer. 5 Some countries of destination issue special visas for domestic workers, thus enabling the number of migrant domestic workers in an administratively regular situation to be identified. In Thailand, the Ministry of Labour keeps a register of regular immigrants employed as domestic workers. The Special Rapporteur was informed that there were 65,361 migrant domestic workers in Thailand in 2002. The Government of Germany reported that on 31 December 2002 according to the Federal Employment Service 23,032 foreigners were registered as employed in domestic services and 4,128 foreigners were employed marginally. In Lebanon an effort is also being made to register all migrant domestic workers entering the country and their employers. 6 For a fuller view of some of the cases received by the Special Rapporteur, see E/CN.4/2003/85/Add.1 and E/CN.4/2004/78/Add.1. 7 See the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of non-citizens of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Mr. Weissebrodt (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/25). 8 ILO Conventions Nos. 97 and 143 should also be taken into account. 9 See the case sent to the Government of Thailand on 7 November 2002 (E/CN.4/2003/85/Add.1). 10 See the case sent by the Special Rapporteur to the Government of Saudi Arabia on 7 July 2003 (E/CN.4/2004/78/Add.1).