A/HRC/14/30 an ILO convention: challenges and opportunities”, organized by the Migrant Forum in Asia, Migrants Rights International and the Asian Migrant Domestic Workers Alliance. He also participated in an expert meeting on migration and peace organized by the Spanish Society for International Human Rights Law. 7. The Special Rapporteur also contributed to regional dialogue on issues concerning his mandate. He was a keynote speaker at the 1st meeting of the Permanent Forum of ArabAfrican Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights, held at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in Cairo from 7 to 9 December 2009. 8. Additionally, the Special Rapporteur participated in the 16th annual meeting of special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council, held from 29 June to 3 July 2009. II. The rights to health and adequate housing in the context of migration 9. The Special Rapporteur recalls the universality and indivisibility of human rights, and stresses that States must take immediate and concrete steps to ensure the realization of human rights for migrants at all stages of migratory processes in countries of origin, transit and destination. In this context, the present report is focused on the enjoyment of the rights to health and adequate housing for migrants in host countries, in the light of the growing trend in many host countries to adopt immigration policies and measures which significantly hamper the enjoyment of these rights by migrants. 10. In particular, the Special Rapporteur wishes to take this opportunity to draw the attention of Member States to a number of reports he received on violations of migrants’ rights to health and adequate housing. He emphasizes that the enjoyment of these rights by all individuals in society regardless of their citizenship, nationality and immigration status is not only an end in itself as a matter of entitlement, but also a crucial means to ensure equitable human development and social integration of migrants in host societies. Migrants can play an active role in the social and economic development of host countries, particularly when their fundamental rights, such as the rights to health and adequate housing, are fulfilled in a manner that ensures equal opportunities and gender equity. 11. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur also outlines recommendations for States to consider in their efforts to respect, protect and promote the fundamental rights to health and adequate housing on an equal basis. Due to space limitations, he addresses only the aspects of these rights which are most pertinent to migrants and pays particular attention to migrant women and children, who warrant special protection. III. Major challenges in the realization of migrants’ rights to health and adequate housing 12. In adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, States accepted the solemn commitment to promote the universal respect for, and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms. States also recognized that all human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated.1 The principle of non-discrimination enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 2), in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (art. 2, para. 1; art. 26) and the International 1 4 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, para. 5. GE.10-12615