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International Migration and Development

A/RES/73/241View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 22bInternational migration and development, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1995–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/217
  • 2024A/RES/79/217International migration and developmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/176International migration and developmentCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/75/226International migration and developmentCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/73/241International migration and developmentCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/RES/71/237International migration and developmentCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
ConferencesCoordination Within UN SystemInternational MigrationMigration Policy

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2020.

  • 2020A/75/292International migration and development report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
2
Recognizes the need to strengthen synergies between international migration and development at all levels, including the global, regional, national and local levels, as appropriate;
3
Recommits to ensuring full respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, and supporting countries of origin, transit and destination in the spirit of international cooperation, taking into account national circumstances;
4
Notes the convening of the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakech, Morocco, on 10 and 11 December 2018;
5
Also notes that the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is the first intergovernmentally negotiated outcome, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover international migration in all its dimensions;
6
Recognizes that the High-level Dialogues on International Migration and Development have served as forums to advance discussions on the multidimensional aspects of international migration and development in order to identify appropriate ways and means to maximize its development benefits and minimize its negative impacts;
7
Notes that, with the adoption of the Global Compact, the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development shall be repurposed into the International Migration Review Forum, which will serve as the primary intergovernmental global platform for Member States to discuss and share progress on the implementation of all aspects of the Global Compact, including as it relates to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and with the participation of all relevant stakeholders, and that the Forum is to be held every four years, beginning in 2022;
8
Decides to convene, in the first half of 2019, a one-day high-level debate on international migration and development, under the auspices of the President of the General Assembly, in lieu of the 2019 High-level Dialogue, to inform the high-level political forum on sustainable development, which will review the Goals and targets relevant to migration of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, taking into consideration the outcomes of other processes related to international migration and development;
9
Welcomes the decision of the Secretary-General to establish a United Nations network on migration;
10
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-fifth session, a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
11
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, the sub-item entitled “International migration and development”.

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