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in the foreign-born population, he observed a fragmented approach among them,
composed of disparate projects and programmes, which could benefit from increased
cohesion. As such, he recommends that the United Nations Resident Coordinator, in
conjunction with the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights, and specialized agencies, (a) review existing
programmes that work to protect the rights of migrants and (b) integrate them for a more
comprehensive approach to promote the protection of migrants within the United Nations
system. This may be done in accordance with United Nations offices in, inter alia,
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the United States. Considering the significant
flow-through of the migration population, the Mexico offices of the United Nations have a
leadership role to play in this regard.
94. The Special Rapporteur, at the time of drafting this report, was pleased to receive the
recommendations issued by the International Meeting on the Protection of the Rights of
Children in the Context of International Migration, “Migration and human rights of
children”, organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico City, held from 30 September to
1 October 2008. As such, he would like to reiterate the call to intergovernmental
institutions such as the United Nations to support initiatives to promote migrant children’s
rights protection, and recommends that the United Nations encourage inter-institutional
coordination at the national level, including through specific mechanisms and with the
participation of the civil society, consular services, local governments and the private
sector.
95. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the reforms of the General Population Act and the
recent initiative of the Senate of the Republic of Mexico to recognize the competency of the
Committee on Migrant Workers to hear individual communications, established in
articles 76 and 77 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. He is pleased to learn that the Senate
Commission on Population and Development is collaborating to form a working group, in
coordination with the office in Mexico of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, to put
such initiatives into practice. The Special Rapporteur therefore recommends that this
office, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration and various NGOs
working on migration issues, work closely with the Congress to ensure harmonization of
domestic law and policy with international standards.
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