International Migration and Development

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 22bInternational migration and development, published in 2013.

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18 versions · 1995–2024

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What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics

Development Holy See Human Rights Illegal Immigration International Migration International Obligations Migrants Migration Policy

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2014.

2014A/69/207International migration and development report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

30 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;

Decides to hold a two-day high-level dialogue on international migration and development on 3 and 4 October 2013, after the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, at United Nations Headquarters;

Also decides that the organizational arrangements for the high-level dialogue shall be as follows:

The overall theme of the high-level dialogue on international migration and development will be “Identifying concrete measures to strengthen coherence and cooperation at all levels, with a view to enhancing the benefits of international migration for migrants and countries alike and its important links to development, while reducing its negative implications”;

The high-level dialogue will consist of four plenary meetings and four interactive multi-stakeholder round tables:

Round tables 1 and 2 will be held in the morning and afternoon of the first day of the high-level dialogue;

Round tables 3 and 4 will be held in the morning and afternoon of the second day of the high-level dialogue;

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Summaries of the deliberations of the four round-table sessions will be presented orally by the chairs of the round-table sessions during the concluding plenary meeting of the high-level dialogue;

The themes for each of the four round tables will be as follows:

Round table 1 will focus on assessing the effects of international migration on sustainable development and identifying relevant priorities in view of the preparation of the post-2015 development framework;

Round table 2 will focus on measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of all migrants, with particular reference to women and children, as well as to prevent and combat the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons and to ensure orderly, regular and safe migration;

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Round table 3 will focus on strengthening partnerships and cooperation on international migration, mechanisms to effectively integrate migration into development policies and promoting coherence at all levels;

Round table 4 will focus on international and regional labour mobility and its impact on development;

Each of the four round tables will be co-chaired by two representatives, to be appointed by the President of the General Assembly, with due regard for geographical balance, in consultation with regional groups;

Further decides that the participants in the high-level dialogue shall participate in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly;

Invites Member States and observers to participate in the high-level dialogue at the highest possible level;

Invites the Holy See and the State of Palestine, in their capacity as observer States, and the European Union, in its capacity as observer, to participate in the high-level dialogue and its preparatory process;

Invites all relevant entities of the United Nations system and relevant special rapporteurs and representatives, as well as the International Organization for Migration and other relevant international organizations having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the work of the General Assembly, to contribute to the preparation of and participate in the high-level dialogue;

Invites the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant intergovernmental organizations and entities who may participate in the high-level dialogue, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, and to submit the proposed list to Member States for their consideration in accordance with past practice;

Also invites the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council who may participate in the high-level dialogue and the one-day informal interactive hearings provided for in paragraph 11 below;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a note on the organization of work of the high-level dialogue;

Decides to hold one-day informal interactive hearings in 2013 with representatives of non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector, to be organized and presided over by the President of the General Assembly, and requests the President of the Assembly to prepare a summary of the hearings prior to the high-level dialogue in September 2013;

Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and private sector entities who may participate in the high-level dialogue and the one-day informal interactive hearings, on the basis of recommendations by the Secretary-General in respect of their specific expertise and involvement in international migration and development issues, taking into account geographical representation; the list will be considered by the Member States on a non-objection basis no later than one month prior to the hearings provided for in paragraph 11 above;

Decides that representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations and the private sector, one from each grouping having been selected during the informal interactive hearings, are to be included by the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, in the list of speakers for the plenary meetings of the high-level dialogue, time permitting, and also decides that the President of the Assembly, in consultation with Member States, shall determine the list of representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations and the private sector who can participate in each of the round tables of the high-level dialogue, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation;

Invites the President of the General Assembly, with the assistance of the Secretariat and with support from interested Member States, the United Nations system and other stakeholders, to organize, prior to the high-level dialogue, a panel discussion with a focus on its overall theme, complementary to and taking into account other preparatory initiatives relating to the high-level dialogue;

Requests the Secretary-General, with inputs from the members of the Global Migration Group and other relevant entities, to prepare a comprehensive overview of studies and analyses on the multidimensional aspects of migration and development, including the effects of migration on economic and social development in developed and developing countries;

Invites the regional commissions and their subregional offices, in collaboration with other relevant entities of the United Nations system, as well as the International Organization for Migration and its Council, to organize discussions to examine regional aspects of international migration and development and to provide inputs, in accordance with their respective mandates, to the preparatory process of the high-level dialogue;

Invites Member States, through appropriate regional consultative processes and, as appropriate, within other major initiatives in the field of international migration and development, including the Global Forum on Migration and Development, to contribute to the high-level dialogue;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, the sub-item entitled “International migration and development”;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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