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31.
The Committee wishes to encourage the State party to ratify the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families as well as the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, No. 169.
32.
The Committee strongly recommends that the State party ratify the amendments to
article 8, paragraph 6, of the Convention, adopted on 15 January 1992 at the Fourteenth
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention and endorsed by the General Assembly in its
resolution 47/111, concerning the funding of its meetings by the United Nations regular
budget. In this connection, the Committee refers to General Assembly resolution 59/176
of 20 December 2004, in which the Assembly strongly urged States parties to accelerate
their domestic ratification procedures with regard to the amendment and to notify the
Secretary-General expeditiously in writing of their agreement to the amendment.
33.
The State party should, within one year, provide information on the way it has
followed up on the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 14, 16, 21 and 27
above, pursuant to paragraph 1 of rule 65 of the Committee’s rules of procedure.
34.
The Committee recommends that the State party submit its fourth periodic report
jointly with its fifth and sixth periodic reports in a single report by 9 January 2010, and that it
address all points raised in the present concluding observations.
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