E/CN.4/1997/71/Add.2 page 16 (c) That a national agency for the employment and recruitment of foreign skilled and unskilled labour and domestic workers should be created. A public agency of this nature would deal directly with the countries which export manpower and domestic workers, and replace the many private agencies at present active in this area; (d) That Kuwait should cooperate with the countries which export domestic workers by offering instruction in conversational Arabic so as to facilitate social communication and avoid conflicts resulting from linguistic and cultural problems and incomprehension; (e) That regulations and practical measures to ensure regular payment of wages should be adopted; (f) That conditions for the detention and expulsion of persons whose presence is not authorized by law should be improved by providing them with legal protection and assistance; (g) That cultural programmes on the countries that export manpower and domestic workers should be produced and broadcast on radio and television; (h) continued; That efforts to promote and strengthen democracy should be (i) That the United Nations human rights conventions and, in particular, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, should be ratified. Notes 1.See Middle East Watch/Women's Rights Project, “Punishing the Victim: and mistreatment of Asian maids in Kuwait”. (New York, August 1992.) Rape 2.Prisoners of War. 3.Figures provided by the Civil Records Office. 4.Prior to the invasion, there were about 400,000 Palestinians. Many of them collaborated with the Iraqi army during the invasion and subsequently left Kuwait. Only about 75,000 Palestinians remain.