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Indicators
(a)
Capacity-building for the collection, dissemination and use of disaggregated
data on the situation of migrants;
(b)
Promoting the availability of gender-disaggregated data to improve gender
equality policies, including gender-sensitive budgeting, in particular with regard to
marginalized groups, including migrants;
(c)
Disaggregated data showing the proportion of migrants who have reported
cases of violations of their rights, including forced labour, discrimination and violence, and
the proportion of victims who received compensation is made available and more precise.
E.
Assessment of progress and financing
78.
Implementing the 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility would require an
explicit whole-of-government approach by each State, cooperation among all levels of
government, including municipal authorities, and a global collaboration among all States to
fulfil their duties and responsibilities, as well as a global partnership between States and
other key stakeholders, such as the business community, trade unions, civil society and
migrant associations. The progress in the implementation thereof would be monitored and
reported by States periodically at the national, regional and global levels.
79.
Systematic follow-up and review at the global level would be conducted during the
General Assembly High-Level Dialogues on International Migration and Development to
ensure that the implementation of the agenda stays on course. Given that the Millennium
Development Goals were followed by the more ambitious Sustainable Development Goals,
the 2035 agenda would also be expected to pave the way for a more ambitious agenda in
order to make a meaningful and progressive impact on the lives of future generations.
80.
In order to facilitate the implementation of the agenda by States, the Special
Rapporteur also supports the proposal made in the report of the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General on Migration (A/71/728) with regard to financing through a
collective fund. As stated in paragraph 34 of the present report, similar long-term strategies
exist for the environment, trade and energy. Similarly, as outlined in the report of the
Special Representative, a dedicated financing facility would be needed to support capacity
development for the implementation of migration-related international commitments. The
Special Rapporteur welcomes the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals Financing
Lab, which is aimed at mobilizing the resources needed to support the world’s long-term
sustainable development objectives, including in relation to migration.11
F.
Conclusions and recommendations
81.
Migration is here to stay. The inclusion of migration in the Sustainable
Development Goals demonstrated the importance of migration today and the
commitment of States to addressing it. The unprecedented number of undocumented
cross-border movements has resulted in increased deaths, violence and suffering at
borders and at every stage of the migratory process over the past few years. Such
events have clearly shown that the status quo in the approaches of States to border
control and migration is not sustainable if the objective is to reduce suffering and
deaths. They have also underlined the increasing importance of migration. In the
high-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants
and its outcome document, the New York Declaration, migration was firmly
established as a priority issue within the United Nations system, and the need of States
to commit to the protection of the human rights of migrants and improved global
migration governance was acknowledged.
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See www.un.org/pga/71/2017/04/18/opening-of-sdg-financing-lab/.