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United Nations

/RES/73/326

Distr.: General

29 July 2019

General Assembly

Seventy-third session

Agenda items 14 and 119

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 July 2019

[without

reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.99)]

73/326.

Format and organizational aspects of the international migration

review forums

The General Assembly,

Reaffirming

its resolution

71/1

of 19 September 2016, entitled “New York

Declaration for Refugees and Migrants”, welcoming the convening of the

Intergovernmental Conference held on 10 and 11 December 2018 in Marrakech,

Morocco, and recalling that it adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and

Regular Migration, also known as the Marrakech Compact on Migration, and

recalling also resolution

73/195

of 19 December 2018, by which it endorsed the

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration,

Recalling also

the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,

the Addis Ababa

Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development ,

and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and

Development,

Reaffirming

that the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

(Global Compact) presents a non-legally binding, cooperative framework, fostering

international cooperation among all relevant actors on migration, acknowledging that

no State can address migration alone, and upholding the sovereignty of States and

their obligations under international law,

Reaffirming

that the Global Compact is based on the following set of cross-

cutting and interdependent guiding principles: people-centred, international cooperation,

national sovereignty, rule of law and due process, sustainable development, human

rights, gender-responsive, child-sensitive, whole-of-government approach and whole-

of-society approach,

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Resolution

70/1.

Resolution

69/313,

annex.

Resolution

68/4.

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Format and organizational aspects of the

international migration review forums

Reaffirming also

that the Global Compact will be implemented through

enhanced bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation and a revitalized global

partnership in a spirit of solidarity, building on existing mechanisms, platforms and

frameworks to address migration in all its dimensions,

Recalling

paragraph 49 of resolution

73/195

on the establishment of the

International Migration Review Forum (the forum), which shall 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,

Decides

that the forums:

(a) Shall be convened under the auspices of the General Assembl y and be

chaired by the President of the General Assembly;

(b) Shall operate under the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, as

applicable, unless otherwise provided in the present resolution;

every four years at United Nations Headquarters in New York;

(d)

Shall last for four days;

(e) Shall be held at the highest possible political level, including Heads of

State or Government;

Also decides

that the forums shall be open to participation by all States

Members of the United Nations and all members of specialized agencies that have

observer status with the General Assembly;

Invites

intergovernmental organizations and other entities having received a

standing invitation to participate as observers in the work of the General Assembly and

organizations and bodies of the United Nations to participate as observers in the forums;

Reiterates

the importance of the effective participation of all relevant

stakeholders in the forums, and invites non-governmental organizations that are in

consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as well as all stakeholders

that were accredited to the preparatory process of the intergovernmental consu ltations

of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

or that were

accredited to participate in the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global

Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, and encourages them to register

with the Secretariat in order to participate in the forums;

Requests

the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of other

representatives of relevant non-governmental organizations, academic, scientific and

knowledge-based institutions, the private sector, trade unions, faith-based, migrant

and youth organizations, diaspora communities and other relevant stakeholders, who

may attend and participate in each forum, taking into account the principles of

transparency and of equitable geographical representation, with due regard to the

meaningful participation of women, and to submit the list to Member States for their

consideration on a non-objection basis, no later than three months before the forums ;

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The forums shall be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. each day.

Resolution

73/195,

annex.

The list of proposed as well as final names will be brought to the attention of the General

Assembly. Where a name is objected to, the objecting Member State will, on a voluntary basis,

make known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly the general basis of its

objections and the Office will share any information received with any Member State upon its

request.

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Invites

national human rights institutions compliant with the Paris

Principles to register with the Secretariat in order to participate in the forums,

including the informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings described in paragraph 15

below, and invites the institutions, as well as the Global Alliance of National Human

Rights Institutions and regional human rights institution networks, to submit inputs

prior to the forums;

Requests

the Secretary-General to ensure that the expertise of the United

Nations system as a whole, including specialized agencies, funds and programmes,

related organizations and regional economic commissions, as well as all relevant

special procedures mandate holders and treaty bodies, in accordance with their

respective mandates, giving due regard to Geneva-based expertise, is coordinated to

support the State-led forums and to facilitate their participation therein;

Encourages

Member States to take into account, to the extent possible, a

whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach when composing their delegations

to the forums;

Requests

the Director General of the International Organization for Migration

(IOM), as Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migration (the network), to

assist, upon request by Member States, in the preparation and organization of regional

reviews of the implementation of the Global Compact;

10.

Invites

relevant subregional, regional and cross-regional processes,

platforms and organizations, including the United Nations regional economic

commissions and regional consultative processes on migration, to review the

implementation of the Global Compact, within their respective regions, and to

contribute to the work of the forums, with the involvement of all relevant

stakeholders;

11.

Invites also

the Global Forum on Migration and Development, including

its civil society, business and mayoral mechanisms, to provide a space for informal

exchanges on the implementation of the Global Compact, and report the findings, best

practices and innovative approaches to the forums;

12.

Invites

forums such as the IOM International Dialogue on Migration,

regional consultative processes on migration and others to contribute to each forum

by providing relevant data, evidence, best practices, innovative approa ches and

recommendations as they relate to the implementation of the Global Compact;

13.

Requests

the network, in preparation for the forums, to collect all inputs

received from local, national, regional and global levels and to develop, as part of the

global knowledge platform, within existing resources, a dedicated website featuring

inputs submitted by Member States and other relevant stakeholders to the forums;

14.

Requests

the Secretary-General, as part of the biennial report preceding

each forum, drawing on the network, to provide guidance for the deliberations during

the forum, including the envisaged round tables and policy debate, and to make the

report available at least 12 weeks ahead of each forum;

15.

Requests

the President of the General Assembly to organize and to preside

over one day of informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings one day prior to each

forum with all relevant stakeholders, as listed in paragraphs 4 to 7, and also requests

the President of the General Assembly to invite the representative of civil society to

present a summary of the hearings during the opening segment of the plenary;

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Resolution

48/134,

annex.

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16.

Takes note

of the establishment of the Start-Up Fund for Safe, Orderly and

Regular Migration as part of the capacity-building mechanism;

17.

Requests

the Secretary-General to facilitate the participation of

representatives of developing countries, particularly the least developed countries,

and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, in the work of the forums, and in this

regard invites Member States, financial institutions and other organizations to make

financial contributions;

18.

Decides

that:

(a) Each forum, to be held within existing resources, shall consist of four

interactive multi-stakeholder round tables during the first day and the morning of the

second day, followed by a policy debate in the afternoon of the second day, at the

beginning of which the technical summaries of the round tables will be presented; the

plenary will be held during the third and the fourth days;

(b) The plenary shall be divided into an opening segment, a general debate

and a closing segment;

President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the Director General of the

International Organization for Migration, as the Coordinator of the network, one

representative from the migrant community, and the representative from civil society;

19.

Invites

the President of the General Assembly to deliver remarks during

the closing segment;

20.

Encourages

Member States to consider presenting the result of their

reviews of progress in implementing the Global Compact, on a voluntary basis,

drawing on contributions from all relevant stakeholders, as a part of their national

statements;

21.

Decides

that:

(a) The four round tables will offer space for discussion covering all

23 objectives of the Global Compact with the aim of reviewing the progress made in

its implementation at all levels, bearing in mind that the Global Compact is based on

a set of cross-cutting and interdependent guiding principles;

(b) All 23 objectives of the Global Compact shall be covered in the following

indicative way:

(i)

(ii)

Round table one: objectives 2, 5, 6, 12 and 18;

Round table two: objectives 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 21;

(iii) Round table three: objectives 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 22;

(iv) Round table four: objectives 1, 3, 7, 17 and 23;

to be appointed by the President of the General Assembly, with due regard for

geographical and gender balance, in consultation with regional groups;

(d) Adequate space should be reserved during each round table for participation

of non-governmental stakeholders and representatives of local authorities, as well as

of regional processes, platforms and organizations;

(e)

debate;

Each round table may include a keynote speaker to guide the interactive

(f) Each round table shall result in a technical summary to be prepared by the

co-chairs;

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22.

Requests

the Secretary-General, with input from the network, to prepare a

background note for each round table to be circulated at least six weeks prior to each

forum;

23.

Requests

the Director General of the IOM, as Coordinator of the network,

to facilitate the policy debate focusing on challenges in the implementation of the

Global Compact, including links with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development,

the capacity-building mechanism and contemporary and emerging

issues related to migration; the policy debate will also consider possible guidance for

the United Nations system to strengthen its efforts in improving system-wide

effectiveness and coherence and in supporting Member States in implementing the

Global Compact, upon the request of Member States, based on their national policies

and priorities;

24.

Decides

that:

(a) The round tables and the policy debate shall be interactive, evidence-

based, and action-oriented in nature, with participation of all relevant stakeholders;

(b) The summaries of the plenary, round tables and policy debate shall be

distributed by the President of the General Assembly within 10 working days

following the conclusion of each forum;

25.

Requests

the President of the General Assembly to appoint two

co-facilitators no later than two months ahead of each forum to conduct open,

transparent and inclusive intergovernmental consultations with a view t o agreeing on

the Progress Declaration, preferably before the beginning of each forum;

26.

Decides

that:

(a) All inputs to each forum along with the reports of the Secretary-General

may inform the Progress Declaration;

(b) The Progress Declaration shall be brief, concise, evidence-based and

action-oriented and may contain:

(i) An evaluation of the overall progress made with respect to the

implementation of the 23 objectives of the Global Compact at all levels;

(ii) An identification of the key challenges, opportunities and emerging issues

related to the implementation of the Global Compact, and the scope for further

international cooperation on international migration;

(iii) Recommendations on the implementation of the Global Compact, as

appropriate;

each forum;

27.

Decides also

to review, after the second forum, its format and organizational

aspects, unless otherwise decided.

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