International Migration and Development

A/RES/54/212View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99e International migration and development, including the question of the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development to address migration issues, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1995–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/217

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/217	International migration and development	4,771	89%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/176	International migration and development	4,317	27%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/226	International migration and development	2,113	67%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/241	International migration and development	1,460	35%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/237	International migration and development	3,653	47%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2004–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/282	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/217
2024	A/79/323	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/176
2022	A/77/236	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/226
2020	A/75/292	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/241
2018	A/73/286	International migration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/237

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Coordination Within UN System International Migration Migration Policy Migration Statistics Regional Commissions Social Surveys Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;¹²

¹²A/54/207. The report includes information on the question of the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development to address migration issues.

Urges Member States and the United Nations system to strengthen international cooperation in the area of international migration and development in order to address the root causes of migration, especially those related to poverty, and to maximize the benefits of international migration to those concerned;

Encourages, where relevant, interregional, regional and subregional mechanisms to continue to address the question of migration and development;

Calls upon all relevant bodies, agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other relevant intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations, within their continuing mandated activities, to continue to address the issue of international migration and development and to provide appropriate support for interregional, regional and subregional processes and activities on international migration and development;

Also calls upon the international community to seek to make the option of remaining in ones country viable for all people, to which end efforts to achieve sustainable economic and social development, ensuring a better economic balance between developed and developing countries, should be strengthened;

Requests the Secretary-General, whenever feasible, to solicit more views from Member States, particularly those that have not responded to the survey requested in pursuance of resolution 52/189, as well as from the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration and other relevant organizations, both within and outside the United Nations system, on the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session,¹³ bearing in mind various regional processes, and to recommend ways and means to address the problems related to migration and development;

¹³A/52/314.

Also requests the Secretary-General to initiate appropriate action in consultation with regional commissions in order to ensure the carrying out of interregional activities, with the contribution of the relevant actors on issues relating to international migration and development, taking into account, inter alia, the report of the Secretary-General,11 and encourages the United Nations bodies and other appropriate international organizations to provide support to such activities;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session a report that will, inter alia, summarize the lessons learned, as well as best practices on migration management and policies, from the various activities relating to international migration and development that have been carried out at the regional and interregional levels, and recommend for the consideration of the Assembly policy actions that could be pursued at the international level, taking into account, inter alia, the following:

The report of the Committee for Development Policy¹⁴ on its examination of the issue of migration and development;

¹⁴See A/54/207, paras. 42-44.

The work of the relevant bodies, agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other international organizations in the field of international migration and development;

The possible mechanisms within the United Nations system to examine international migration and development in a comprehensive and integrated manner;

The need to provide, in consultation with relevant United Nations bodies, an analysis of data relating to migration within and between the various regions;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the sub-item entitled International migration and development, including the question of the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development to address migration issues.

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