Follow up to the New York declaration and Global Compacts
On September 19th 2016, the UN General Assembly hosted a High-level summit in New York City to address the topic of large movements of refugees and migrants. The Summit adopted a proposal for a better international response on these matters, called the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.
The European Parliament was present at this Summit, with an ad-hoc delegation of 3 Members from the LIBE Committee, with Mrs Cecilia WIKSTRÖM, as Head of the EP delegation.
The New York Declaration provides that negotiations leading to an international conference in 2018 would follow aiming to adopt two global compacts: a Global compact on refugees and a Global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
At their meeting on June 1st, 2017, the LIBE Coordinators approved a set of actions to follow up the process leading to the adoption of the 2 global compacts.
This subject files offers the information available on this topic.
The New York Declaration provides that negotiations leading to an international conference in 2018 would follow aiming to adopt two global compacts: a Global compact on refugees and a Global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
At their meeting on June 1st, 2017, the LIBE Coordinators approved a set of actions to follow up the process leading to the adoption of the 2 global compacts.
This subject files offers the information available on this topic.
Global compact on refugees (GCR)
New York declaration and LIBE mission, September 2016
New York declaration and LIBE mission, September 2016
- New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, 19 September 2016
- Mission report following the Ad-hoc delegation to the “UNGA High-Level Summit on Refugees and Migrants” New York City, USA
- LIBE set of actions on the Global Compacts (PDF - 142 KB)
- Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the UN Global Compacts on refugees and migrants and the role of Parliaments
Global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (GCM)
- Draft agenda of the LIBE Committee meeting of 22 June 2017
- Statement by Louise Arbour, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration (PDF - 164 KB)
- Modalities for the intergovernmental negotiations of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
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International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
- Draft agenda of the LIBE Committee meeting of 19 October 2017
- EU input to the UN Secretary-General's report on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (PDF - 324 KB)
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Responding to refugees and migrants: Twenty action points for the Global Compacts - Document of the Holy See’s Migrants and Refugees Section
- Draft agenda of the LIBE meeting of 8 January 2018
- Responding to refugees and migrants - 20 action points for the Global Compacts (PDF - 193 KB)
- Presentation by Fr. Fabio Baggio, Under-Secretary, Holy See's Migrants and Refugees Section (PDF - 1 MB)
- Speech by Fr. Fabio Baggio, Under-Secretary, Holy See's Migrants and Refugees Section (PDF - 253 KB)
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Report UN Secretary-General " Making migration work for all" EN (PDF - 369 KB) | FR (PDF - 533 KB) | ES (PDF - 337 KB)
- Zero draft as of 5 March 2018
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Joint LIBE-AFET- DEVE Exchange of views with Michele Klein Solomon, Director, IOM on the Global Compact on Migration- 1st February 2018
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LIBE meeting on 19 March - Exchange of views with Louise Arbour, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
- Final Draft - Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
- Progress on UN Global compacts for safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees