E/CN.4/2006/73 page 6 communications received, or which he considers representative of the problems and challenges faced by a particular region. Ensuring follow-up of activities will be a central concern in all of his activities, including regarding visits. He would also like to carry out visits to countries in regions that, due to time constraints, were visited less frequently by the previous Special Rapporteur. II. MANDATE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR A. Scope of the mandate 17. Under Commission resolution 1999/44, further developed in subsequent resolutions, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants is to examine ways and means to overcome obstacles to the full and effective protection of the human rights of migrants, including obstacles and difficulties for the return of migrants who are undocumented or in an irregular situation taking into account bilateral and regional initiatives and arrangements that aim at addressing, inter alia, the return and reinsertion of those migrants. Resolution 1999/44 also required the Special Rapporteur: • To request and receive information from all relevant sources, including migrants themselves on violations of the human rights of migrants and their families; • To formulate appropriate recommendations to prevent and remedy violations of the human rights of migrants, wherever they may occur; • To promote the effective application of relevant international standards on the issue; • To recommend actions and measures applicable at the national, regional and international levels to eliminate violations of the human rights of migrants; • To take into account a gender perspective when requesting and analysing information, and to give special attention to the occurrence of multiple discrimination and violence against women. 18. In its resolution 2000/85, entitled “Rights of the child”, the Commission requested States to cooperate fully with and assist the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, in order to address the particular vulnerable conditions of migrant children. 19. The Commission has established a broad mandate of protection and has referred, among other instruments, to the Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live. As has been frequently observed, the term “migrant” is a general expression that can cover a number of different situations, including emigrants and immigrants, temporary and permanent migrants, documented and undocumented migrants. The Special Rapporteur believes that it is important to work within the broad framework adopted by the Commission in its resolutions concerning the mandate and to avoid a restrictive interpretation of his mandate.