International Migration and Development

A/RES/56/203View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 International migration and development, including the question of the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development to address migration issues, published in 2002.

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?

13 subjects

Consultations Data Collection Development Financial Assistance Information Dissemination International Migration Migration Policy Poverty Regional Commissions Report Preparation Surveys Technical Cooperation Transit Countries

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;¹⁵

¹⁵A/56/167.

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;

Encourages, where relevant, interregional, regional and subregional mechanisms to continue to address the question of migration and development;

Calls upon all relevant bodies, agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other relevant intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, within their continuing mandated activities, to continue to address the issue of international migration and development and to provide appropriate support for interregional, regional and subregional processes and activities on international migration and development, with a view to integrating migration issues in a more coherent way within the broader context of the implementation of agreed economic and social development programmes;

Encourages Governments of countries of origin, countries of transit and countries of destination to increase cooperation on issues related to migrations and to engage in further dialogue, including through relevant subregional, regional and international processes and organizations, as appropriate, including on the question of the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development;

Calls upon the United Nations, in collaboration with other relevant organizations and agencies, to provide support for dialogue involving Governments and other relevant stakeholders on international migration and development issues;

Encourages the international community, including donor countries, relevant United Nations bodies and other relevant international organizations and the private sector to provide support, including financial and technical support, for data collection and greater empirical research by Member States, in particular developing countries, and the relevant bodies of the United Nations system and other relevant international organizations on the causes and patterns of migration, including on irregular migration and trafficking, as well as its social, economic and demographic impacts, and for documenting and disseminating information on the successful management of all aspects of migration;

Invites Governments, with the assistance of the international community, where appropriate, to seek to make the option of remaining in one’s country viable for all people, in particular through efforts to achieve sustainable development, leading to a better economic balance between developed and developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to solicit, one additional time, the views of Member States that have not responded to the survey requested in pursuance of resolution 52/189, as well as those of the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration and other relevant organizations, both within and outside the United Nations system, and their views on his report submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session,Error: Reference source not found bearing in mind various regional processes, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to initiate or continue appropriate action in consultation with regional commissions in order to ensure the carrying out of interregional activities, with the contribution of the relevant actors on issues relating to international migration and development, taking into account, inter alia, the report of the Secretary-General, and encourages the United Nations bodies and other appropriate international organizations to provide support to such activities;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution that will, inter alia, update the lessons learned, as well as best practices on migration management and policies, from the various activities relating to international migration and development that have been carried out at the regional and interregional levels, and submit action-oriented recommendations for the consideration of the Assembly;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session a sub-item entitled “International migration and development”.

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