International Migration and Development

A/RES/50/123View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101 International migration and development, including the convening of a United Nations Conference on International Migration and Development, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1995–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/217

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/217	International migration and development	4,771	89%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/176	International migration and development	4,317	27%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/226	International migration and development	2,113	67%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/241	International migration and development	1,460	35%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/237	International migration and development	3,653	47%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2004–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/282	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/217
2024	A/79/323	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/176
2022	A/77/236	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/226
2020	A/75/292	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/241
2018	A/73/286	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/237

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Consultations Focal Points International Migration Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on international migration and development,⁶ including the comments of Governments regarding the objectives and modalities for the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development;

⁶E/1995/69.

Urges Member States and the United Nations system to strengthen international cooperation in the area of international migration and development in order to address the root causes of migration, especially those related to poverty, and to maximize the benefits of international migration to those concerned and increase the likelihood that international migration has positive consequences for the sustainable development of both sending and receiving countries;

Calls upon the international community to seek to make the option of remaining in one's country viable for all people; to that end, efforts to achieve sustainable economic and social development, ensuring a better economic balance between developed and developing countries, should be strengthened;

Invites the Commission on Population and Development to consider, in 1997, in the context of the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, in particular chapter X, the interrelationship between international migration and development;

Calls upon all relevant organs, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations to address the issue of international migration and development, and invites them to submit their views to the Secretary-General;

Invites the Economic and Social Council to consider at its organizational session for 1997 including "International migration and development" as a theme in the context of its agenda for 1997;

Requests the Secretary-General to designate, within existing resources, a clearly identifiable, qualified and competent focal point and to prepare, following consultations with the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system and after soliciting the additional views of Governments, a report to be presented to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session containing concrete proposals on ways and means to address, from cross-sectoral, interregional, regional and subregional points of view, the issue of international migration and development, including aspects related to objectives and modalities for the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "International migration and development, including the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development".

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