A/HRC/29/46/Add.1 62. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the recommendations of NHRCK and hopes that broadcasting companies, in particular television stations, will follow suit by setting out clear guidelines for the prevention of racism and xenophobia in their programmes. VII. Conclusions and recommendations 63. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government for its cooperation before and during the visit, which allowed him to meet interlocutors from all relevant ministries, the judiciary and NHRCK. He is also extremely grateful to the United Nations agencies present in the country, non-governmental organizations, community members and other groups and individuals working against racism and xenophobia, as well as individual migrant workers and asylum seekers with whom he met and who have been very helpful in explaining the issues at stake. 64. The Republic of Korea has undergone dramatic changes over the past decades, including significant positive developments in the area of human rights, reflected in the well-respected National Human Rights Commission and the vibrant civil society, which play a fundamental role in safeguarding the progress made. Similarly, the Republic of Korea has made important progress in addressing the issue of racism and xenophobia, considering its long history of ethnic and cultural homogeneity. Only recently, as the country has consolidated its rapid economic development and industrialization, has it been faced with the progressive arrival of foreigners and migrant workers and started to open up to multiculturalism and cultural diversity. These developments have provoked an important and essential debate on multiculturalism, racism and xenophobia in the country. 65. It is therefore important that the numerous efforts undertaken by all stakeholders, including the Government of the Republic of Korea, to combat racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination continue, especially at times of economic slowdown, when the temptation to divert energy and resources to other issues is strong. 66. In that connection and in a spirit of constructive dialogue with the authorities and other stakeholders, the Special Rapporteur wishes to make the recommendations below to the Government of the Republic of Korea. On the legal framework 67. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Expedite the ratification of United Nations treaties that it has not yet ratified, particularly the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, recalling the previous recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, the concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; (b) Ratify the following fundamental International Labour Organization conventions: Forced Labour, 1930 (No. 29), Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948 (No. 87), Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, 1949 (No. 98), Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957 (No. 105), Labour Inspection (Agriculture), 1969 (No. 129), Migration for Employment (Revised), 1949 (No. 97) and Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions), 1975 (No. 143); 15