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UNI Apro - a member of the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers urges the 2008 ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting to implement the ASEAN Declarations on the Potection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers promulgated in January 2007. The Task Force and UNI Apro strongly believe that it is urgent for the Governments of ASEAN to immediately appoint their focal points to this vital Committee, which has the critical role to play in the development of the Framework Instrument. It has been almost one year since the July 28, 2007 resolution establishing the ASEAN Committee to Implement the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers was passed by the 40th annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers. We note that the 41st annual Foreign Ministers meeting is fast approaching. We believe that the ASEAN Committee to Implement the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers should be effectively constituted and functioning no later than the upcoming 41st annual Foreign Ministers meeting. We would also like to recommend that the ASEAN Committee to Implement the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers form a civil society advisory council to provide the opportunity for genuine participation of all stakeholders in the Committee’s deliberations.