A/RES/66/128 Encouraged by some measures adopted by some countries of destination to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing in their areas of jurisdiction and to promote access to justice, such as the establishment of gender-sensitive 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; 14 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,10 the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 15 the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 16 the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 17 and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 18 as well as all other human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women migrant workers, and also encourages Member States to implement the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons; 19 3. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences, entitled “Political economy of women’s human rights”, submitted to the Council at its eleventh session, 20 in particular her elaboration in that report of the current issues of the exploitation and violence that women migrants face in the context of the current global economic trends and crises; Encourages all United Nations special rapporteurs on human rights 4. whose mandates touch on the issues of violence against women migrant workers to improve the collection of information on and analysis of those areas within their mandates relating to the current challenges facing women migrant workers, and also encourages Governments to cooperate with the special rapporteurs in this regard; Calls upon all Governments to incorporate a human rights, 5. gender-sensitive and people-centred perspective in legislation, policies and programmes on international migration and on labour and employment, consistent with their human rights obligations and commitments under human rights instruments, for the prevention of and protection of migrant women against violence _______________ 14 A/66/212. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, No. 39574. 16 Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574. 17 Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158. 18 Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458. 19 Resolution 64/293. 20 A/HRC/11/6. 15 4