A/RES/62/132 Recognizing the importance of joint and collaborative approaches and strategies at the bilateral, regional, interregional and international levels in protecting and promoting the human rights and welfare of women migrant workers, Recognizing also the importance of exploring the link between migration and trafficking in order to further efforts towards protecting women migrant workers from violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse, Encouraged by some measures adopted by some countries of destination to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing in their areas of jurisdiction, such as the establishment of protection mechanisms for migrant workers, facilitating their access to mechanisms for reporting complaints, or providing assistance during legal proceedings, Underlining the important role of relevant United Nations treaty bodies in monitoring the implementation of human rights conventions and the relevant special procedures, within their respective mandates, in addressing the problem of violence against women migrant workers and in protecting and promoting their human rights and welfare, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General; 7 6F 2. Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to relevant International Labour Organization conventions and to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 8 the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 9 and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 10 as well as all human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women migrant workers; 7F 8F 9F 3. Takes note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights of migrants 11 and the Special Rapporteur of the Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences, 12 with regard to violence against women migrant workers, and encourages all special rapporteurs whose mandates relate to the subject of violence against women migrant workers to address the issue of violence against women migrant workers and their human rights, in particular the problems of gender-based violence and discrimination, as well as trafficking in women; 10F 1F Notes the findings contained in the World Survey on the Role of Women 4. in Development, 2004: Women and International Migration, 13 including its recommendations for concrete actions aimed at helping to empower migrant women, including women migrant workers, and reducing their vulnerability to abuse; 12F _______________ 7 A/62/177. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481. 9 Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574. 10 Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574. 11 A/HRC/4/24 and Add.1–3. 12 A/HRC/4/34 and Add.1–4. 13 A/59/287 and Add.1; see also United Nations publication, Sales No. E.04.IV.4. 8 3