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International Migration and Development

A/RES/75/226View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 22bInternational migration and development, published in 2020.

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, 2022.

  • 2022A/77/236International 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?

12 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
Calls upon Member States to take steps to support the full inclusion of migrants in the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery efforts, in the spirit of international cooperation and in line with national policies, legislation and circumstances, based on shared responsibilities, including the obligation of States to readmit their own nationals, cognizant of the vulnerable situations of migrants and their contributions to the COVID-19 crisis response and recovery efforts, by, among others, ensuring full respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, promoting faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances by further developing existing conducive policy and regulatory environments that enable competition, regulation and innovation on the remittance market, providing gender-responsive programmes and instruments that enhance the financial inclusion of migrants and their families in order to end structural barriers to women’s equal access to economic resources, by 2030, reducing to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and strengthening bilateral, subregional, regional, interregional and multilateral cooperation to support the protection, well-being and effective and sustainable reintegration into labour markets of migrant workers in line with national policies, and in this regard recognizes the role of the United Nations Network on Migration, and the International Organization for Migration as its coordinator;
4
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;
5
Recalls the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, adopted at the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 10 and 11 December 2018, and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 73/195 of 19 December 2018;
6
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;
7
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;
8
Notes that, with the adoption of the Global Compact, the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development has been 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;
9
Recalls the high-level debate on international migration and development held on 27 February 2019 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 reviewed 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;
10
Welcomes the decision of the Secretary-General to establish the United Nations Network on Migration;
11
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-seventh session, a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
12
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, the sub-item entitled “International migration and development”.

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