A/RES/72/244. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/244
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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General Assembly

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item s 14 and 117

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 24 December 2017

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 2/L.9 )]

72/244. M odali ties for the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

The General Assembly ,

Recal ling its resoluti on 71/1 of 19 Sept ember 20 16, entit led “New York

Declar ation for Ref ugees and Mi grants”, and t he la unch of a proc ess of

intergo vernmental negot iations leading to th e adop tion of a global compact for sa fe,

order ly and regu lar migrat ion at an i ntergovern mental con ference to be held in 2018 ,

Reca lling also its r esolutio n 71 /280 of 6 A pril 2017 on th e mod alities for the

inter governme ntal negoti ations of the global compa ct for s afe, orderly and regu lar

migr atio n,

Reaf firm ing th at the globa l compact fo r safe, orde rly and regu lar migrat ion

woul d set out a r ange of pri nciples, commitm ents and u ndersta ndings am ong Memb er

Stat es regardin g interna tional migr ation in all it s dimensi ons, make an i mportant

cont ribution to gl obal go vernan ce and e nhance coord ination on in ternatio nal

migr ation, p resent a fra mework for compre hensive intern ational coope ration on

migr ants a nd huma n mob ility, de al wit h all aspec ts of inter national migra tion,

inclu ding the humanita rian, dev elopmen tal, huma n right s-relat ed and othe r aspect s of

migr ation a nd be guided by the 203 0 Agend a for Sustain able D evelopm ent

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an d the

Addi s Ababa A ction Ag enda o f the T hird I nternati onal Co nferenc e on Financin g for

Deve lop ment

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an d infor med b y the Decla ration of t he Hig h-leve l Dialo gue o n

Inter nationa l Migrat ion and Develop ment ad opted in Octobe r 2013,

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Ackn owledgi ng wit h app reciation the volun tary contrib utions receive d to date

by th e United Nations multi-p artner tr ust fund to suppor t the glo bal comp act for s afe,

order ly and regular migrati on,

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Resolut ion 70 /1.

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Resolut ion 69 /313 , a nnex.

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Resolut ion 68 /4.

A/RES/72/244

Modalities for the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

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1. Takes note w ith ap preciatio n of the no te by the S ecretary -Gener al on the

prop osed org anizatio n of wor k of the intergov ernment al confe rence to adopt a global

comp act for safe, or derly an d regul ar migra tion;

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2. Takes note of the appoi ntment by the Secre tary-Ge neral of a S ecretary -

Gene ral of t he inte rgovernm ental confer ence to serve a s focal point within the

Secr etariat for prov iding su pport to the org anizatio n of the conf erence;

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3. Requ ests the Secre tary-Ge neral to provi de appropr iate suppor t f rom all

relev ant p arts o f the Secret ariat, and i n coo peration with other relev ant pa rts of the

Unit ed Nati ons syst em, in particu lar the Internat ional O rganizat ion for Migrati on, to

the work of the confe rence and to facili tate in ter-ag ency c ooperat ion to that end, a s

well a s to ensure t he efficie nt use of res ources, so that the obj ectives o f the confe rence

can be achie ved;

4. Deci des that the interg overnme ntal confere nce, entit led

“Int ergovern mental Confere nce to Adopt the G lobal Compact for Safe, Order ly and

Regu lar Migr ation”, shall b e held in Moro cco on 1 0 and 1 1 Decembe r 2018;

5. Welcom es the offe r of the Gov ernment of Moro cco t o host the

Inter governme ntal Co nferenc e;

6. Reaf firm s it s decisi on that the Inte rgovern mental C onferen ce:

(a) S hall be h eld at t he h ighest possi ble politica l le vel, includi ng H eads of

Stat e or Gov ernment ;

(b) S hall resu lt in the adoptio n of an in tergover nmental ly negoti ated and

agre ed outco me, entitl ed “Glob al Compa ct for Saf e, Order ly and Reg ular Migr ation” ,

the s cope o f whic h is defined in annex II to its res olution 71/1, the negotia tions for

whic h shall b e conclu ded by J uly 2018 , in acco rdance with its r esolutio n 71/ 280, a nd

that th e outcome sh all be trans mitted by t he Preside nt of the Gene ral Assembl y, during

its s eventy- second s ession, to the Intergov ernment al Confe rence f or adopt ion;

(c) S hall also re sult in su mmaries of th e p lenary m eetings a nd other

delib eration s of the I ntergove rnmenta l Confere nce, to b e includ ed in the report o f the

Conf eren ce;

(d) S hall appl y the mod alities f or partic ipation as stat ed in i ts resolu tion

71/2 80;

7. Deci des t hat the In tergover nmental Conferen ce shall e lect from among the

repr esentati ves of partici pating States the fol lowing officer s: tw o Presi dents, and 13

Vice-P resi dent s,

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one of whom shall b e design ated as Rappor teur-Gen eral, as well as

a Cha ir of th e Main Commit tee, if establis hed;

8. Reco mme nds the p rovisio nal ru les of proced ure, se t fort h in a nnex t o the

prese nt reso lution, for adop tion at the In tergover nmental Confer ence;

9. Deci des that the G lobal Co mpact f or Safe, O rderly a nd Regu lar Migr ation

shall be adopted at the open ing plen ary meeti ng of the Int ergovern mental Co nference ,

on M onday, 10 Decembe r 2018;

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A/72/27 1.

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See let ter dat ed 6 Ap ril 201 7 from the Se cretar y-Gen eral t o the P reside nt of t he Gen eral

Asse mbly at its s eventy -first sessio n.

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Three from each of the follo wing groups : Afri can States ; Asia -Paci fic States; Eas tern Europ ean

Stat es; Lati n Americ an and C aribbe an Stat es; and Wes tern Eur opean and othe r State s. The el ection

of t he Pre sidents will, howev er, have the e ffect of redu cing b y one the nu mber o f Vice -Presi dents

alloc ated t o the regions from which each of the P reside nts is electe d.