A/68/283 45. The Human Rights Council should also consider holding an annual panel discussion on the human rights of migrants, with a different thematic focus each year. (c) Global Migration Group 46. The Secretary-General created the Global Migration Group in 2006, building on the Geneva Migration Group, as a way to provide a space for inter-agency dialogue and improve the coordination of migration-related work at the United Nations. Membership of the Group currently comprises 15 United Nations entities and agencies: ILO, OHCHR, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme, UNESCO, the United Nations Population Fund, UNHCR, UNICEF, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the regional commissions, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, the World Health Organization and the World Bank, as well as IOM. 47. The members of the Global Migration Group have partly overlapping mandates, and this has led to a somewhat fragmented institutional picture. While welcoming its important work, the Special Rapporteur notes the need for a clearer vision, leadership and policy coherence on the part of the Group, which has full respect for human rights as its core. In 2010, on the occasion of the meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development held in Mexico, the Group issued a landmark statement on the human rights of irregular migrants. The Special Rapporteur urges all member agencies of the Group to implement the approach set out in the statement. 48. The Special Rapporteur hopes that its recent internal review will lead to a strengthened Global Migration Group, with more attention given to the human rights of migrants. While OHCHR has the primary responsibility for human rights, ILO and UNHCR also have responsibilities in areas of human rights, and the human rights of migrants should also be mainstreamed in the work of all the other member agencies of the Group. In this respect, the Special Rapporteur notes with appreciation that the Global Migration Group recently established a working group on migration, human rights and gender. 2. (a) Outside the United Nations framework Global Forum on Migration and Development 49. At the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development held in 2006, the Secretary-General proposed the creation of a global forum as a venue for discussing issues related to international migration and development in a systematic and comprehensive way (see A/61/515). Subsequently, the Global Forum on Migration and Development was created by States outside the United Nations framework. The Global Forum has met annually since 2007 and is seen as the most visible and high-profile forum for multilateral dialogue on migration. It is linked to the Secretary-General through his Special Representative on International Migration and Development. The interaction of United Nations agencies and entities with the Global Forum has been more sporadic, and the extent of their involvement has been largely dependent on the willingness of the Chair-in-Office to allow their participation. The Special Rapporteur notes that the involvement of some Global 13-42115 9/26