A/RES/73/195. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/195
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 195

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

11 Ja nuary 20 19

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da items 14 an d 119

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2018

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 3/L.6 6)]

73/195. Global Compact fo r Safe, Orderly and Regular Mig ration

The General Assembl y,

Reca llin g its r esolutio n 71/1 of 1 9 Septemb er 2016, i n which it d ecided to

conve ne an i ntergover nmental confere nce to a dopt a g lobal co mpact fo r safe, o rderly

and regul ar mi gration, as well as its resoluti ons 71/280 of 6 April 2017, 72/2 44 of

24 Dece mber 20 17 and 72/308 of 6 Augu st 2018 ,

1. Expre sses its profo und gratit ude to the Go vernment a nd the peopl e o f

Moro cco for h osting th e Intergo vernment al Confe rence to Ad opt the G lobal Co mpact

for Safe, O rderly a nd Reg ular Mig ration, held in Marra kech on 10 and 11 Dec ember

2018 , and fo r provid ing all the nece ssary s upport;

2. Endo rse s the Globa l Co mpact for Safe, Ord erly and Regul ar M igratio n

adop ted by the I ntergove rnmental Confere nce as con tained in t he annex to the prese nt

resol utio n, an d which will al so be kn own as the Mar rakech Compact on Mig ration.

60th plen ary meet ing

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Annex

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

We, th e Head s of State a nd Gov ernment and High Re present atives, meetin g in

Moro cco on 10 a nd 11 Decembe r 2 018, reaffir ming the New York Decl aration for

Refu gees a nd Mi grants

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a nd det ermined to make an impo rtant contr ibution to

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Res olution 71/1.

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enha nced co operati on on internat ional migratio n in a ll its dimens ions, h ave ad opted

this Global Compact for Saf e, Order ly and Regular Migratio n:

Preamble

1. This Global Compac t rests on the purpos es and principl es of t he Char ter of the

Unit ed Natio ns.

2. It also rests on t he Un iversal Decl aration of Human Rights ;

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the Inter national

Cove nant on Civil and Poli tical Right s;

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the Int ernation al C ovenan t on Ec onomic,

Soci al an d Cul tural Rights; 3 th e oth er co re in ternatio nal h uman rights treat ies;

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the

Unit ed N ations Con vention aga inst Transnat ional Organ ized Crime,

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incl uding the

Proto col to Preven t, Supp ress a nd Puni sh Traffi cking i n Pe rsons, Especial ly Women

and Children ,

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and the Pro tocol ag ainst th e Smugg ling of Migrant s by Lan d, Sea and

Air;

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the Slavery C onventio n

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and t he Suppl ementar y Conven tion on th e Abolitio n of

Slav ery, the Sla ve Trade, a nd Instit utions a nd Pract ices Simi lar to Slavery;

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th e

Unit ed Nations F ramewor k Convent ion on Clima te Change ;

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th e United Na tions

Conv ention t o Comb at Deser tificati on in Th ose Co untries Expe riencing Seriou s

Drou ght and/or Deser tificati on, Particul arly in Afr ica;

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the Pari s Agre ement;

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an d

the Inte rnationa l La bour Organi zation conv entions on pro moting dece nt work and

labo ur migrat ion,

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as we ll as on the 2030 Agen da for Sus tainable Develop ment;

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th e

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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the S endai Fra mework fo r Disaster Risk Redu ction 20 15–2030 ;

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the New Urb an Agenda .

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3. Disc ussions abou t int ernation al mi gration at the global level are not new. We

reca ll the adva nces m ade thr ough t he Uni ted Nat ions H igh-le vel Di alogues on

Inter nationa l Mig ration and Devel opment in 2006 and 2013. We also ack nowledg e

the contri butions of the G lobal Forum on M igration and Devel opment, launc hed i n

2007 . These pl atforms paved the way for the New Yor k Declar ation for Refugee s and

Migr ants, thro ugh whic h we comm itted to el aborate a g lobal com pact on ref ugees and

to ad opt this Global C ompact for S afe, Ord erly and Regular Migrati on, in t wo

separ ate p rocesse s. The tw o glo bal co mpacts, toge ther, p resent com plement ary

inter nationa l cooper ation fr amework s that f ulfil t heir re spective mandat es as lai d out

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Reso lution 217 A (II I).

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See resolut ion 22 00 A (XXI ), ann ex.

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Interna tional Conven tion o n the E limina tion of All Fo rms of Racial Discr iminat ion, Conven tion

on t he Eli minatio n of All Forms of Di scrimin ation against Women, Conven tion a gainst Torture

and Other Cruel, Inhuma n or D egradin g Treat ment or Punis hment, Conve ntion on the Rights of

the Child, Intern ational Conve ntion on the Protec tion of the R ights of All Migran t Workers and

Memb ers of Their Famili es, Int ernati onal Co nventi on for the Pr otecti on of Al l Perso ns fro m

Enfo rced Di sappea rance, and C onvent ion on the Ri ghts of Perso ns wit h Disab ilitie s.

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Unit ed Nati ons, Tre aty Se ries, vol . 22 25, No . 39574.

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Ibid. , vol. 2237, No. 39 574.

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Ibid. , vol. 2241, No. 39 574.

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Leag ue of Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol. LX, No. 14 14.

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Unit ed Nati ons, Tre aty Se ries, vol . 26 6, No . 382 2.

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Ibid. , vol. 1771, N o. 30 822.

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Ibid. , vol. 1954, N o. 33 480 .

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Adopted under the U nited N ations Frame work C onvent ion on Climat e Chan ge in

FCCC /CP /201 5/10 /Ad d.1 , de cision 1/CP.21.

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Migrati on for Emplo yment C onvent ion (R evised ), 1949 (No. 97), M igrant Workers

(Sup plemen tary Pr ovisio ns) Co nventio n, 197 5 (No. 143), Equali ty of Treatme nt (Soc ial Sec urity)

Conv ention, 1962 (No. 118 ), and Domes tic Work ers Con ventio n, 2011 (No. 1 89) .

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Reso lution 70/1.

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Reso lution 69/313 , a nnex.

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Reso lution 69/283 , a nnex II.

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Reso lution 71/256 , a nnex.

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in th e New York Decl aration f or Refug ees and Migr ants, wh ich rec ognizes t hat

migr ants and re fugees ma y face man y common challeng es and simi lar vulne rabiliti es.

4. Refu gees and mi grants are e ntitled to t he same univ ersal hu man right s and

fund amental freedo ms, whi ch must be re spected, protec ted and fulfil led at all time s.

Howe ver, migr ants an d refuge es are d istinct grou ps gove rned by sepa rate le gal

frame works. O nly refuge es are enti tled to the sp ecific in ternatio nal prot ection de fined

by i nternat ional r efugee law. This Globa l Compa ct refe rs to migrant s and presents a

coop erative framewo rk addre ssing mi gration in all its dime nsions.

5. As a contrib ution to the pre paratory proces s for thi s Global Compac t, we

reco gnize the i nputs shared by M ember States and relevan t stak eholder s duri ng th e

cons ultation and stock taking phase s, as well as the report of the Secretar y-Gener al

entit led “Ma king mi gration work for all”.

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6. This Glob al Co mpact is a mil estone in t he hi story of t he gl obal dialogue and

inter nationa l c ooperat ion on migra tion. It is roo ted in the 203 0 A genda for Su stainab le

Deve lopment and t he Addis Ababa Act ion Agen da, and infor med by the Declara tion

of t he Hig h-level Dialog ue on Internat ional M igratio n and Develop ment, a dopte d in

Octo ber 2013.

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It bu ilds on the p ioneerin g work of t he former S pecial Re present ative

of th e Secre tary-Ge neral on Migrat ion, inc luding his repo rt of 3 F ebruary 2017.

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7. This Glo bal Compac t pr esents a non-l egally bind ing, cooper ative frame work

that bui lds on the com mitments a greed upon by Me mber State s i n t he New Yor k

Decla ration fo r Refuge es and M igrants. It foster s interna tional co operation among all

relev ant actors on m igration, acknowled ging that no St ate can addre ss migratio n alone,

and u pholds th e soverei gnty of St ates and their obl igations under inte rnational law.

Our vis ion and guid ing princip les

8. This Glob al C ompact e xpresses our c ollectiv e co mmitment to im provi ng

coop eration on inter national migra tion. Migr ation has be en par t of the hu man

expe rience thro ughout his tory, and we recog nize that it is a sour ce of prosper ity,

inno vation a nd sustai nable de velopme nt in our globali zed worl d, and th at these

posit ive imp acts can be opti mized b y improv ing migr ation go vernanc e. The m ajority

of mig rants aro und the wo rld toda y travel, l ive and wo rk in a safe , orderly a nd regula r

mann er. No netheles s, mi gration un deniabl y affe cts o ur co untries, c ommunit ies,

migr ants and their families in ver y differe nt and s ometime s unpred ictable ways.

9. It is cr ucial that t he challen ges and opp ortuniti es of intern ational m igration unite

us, rather than d ivide us. Thi s Globa l Comp act se ts out our c ommon underst anding,

share d respons ibilitie s and unity of pu rpose rega rding migr ation, ma king it work

for al l.

Common understand ing

10. This Global Co mpact is t he produc t of an unpre cedente d review o f evidenc e and

data gathe red duri ng an ope n, transp arent an d inclusi ve proce ss. We shared our

realiti es and heard di verse v oices, e nriching and sh aping o ur comm on under standin g

of this co mplex phenome non. We learned that migratio n is a defin ing fea ture o f our

glob alized world, conn ecting societ ies within and across all region s, ma king us al l

count ries of or igin, transit and destin ation. We reco gnize that there is a cont inuous

need for int ernatio nal effor ts to st rengthe n our kn owledge and an alysis of migra tion,

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A/72 /643 .

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Reso lution 68/4.

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See A /71/ 728.