which declared that countries should take concrete measures against the exploitation of migrants,

He drew attention to the Nariño Commitment, adopted at the Ministerial Meeting on Children and Social Policy in the Americas, which declared that priority must be given to children and young people in the hemisphere's social agenda for the remainder of the millennium.

That obligation is reinforced by article 25 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declares: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control".

Similarly, members of religious communities of a certain size in the country enjoy paid religious holidays: this is the case for members of the Jewish community, who are entitled to paid religious holidays under Act No. 24,571 to mark the main Jewish feasts – the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and Passover (Pesah) – and for members of the Muslim community under Act No. 24,757 of 28 November 1996, which declares as non-working days for all inhabitants who are followers of Islam the Muslim New Year (Hegira), the day marking the end of the Ramadan fast (Id al-Fitr) and the Feast of Immolation (Id al-Adha).