A/68/283 16. The report of the working group (the “Doyle report”) highlighted various aspects of migration, such as the protection of migrants, asylum and labour migration, as well as the state of international cooperation. It formulated three recommendations: (a) to close the legal and normative gaps in the regimes for migrants; (b) to fill the institutional gaps through enhanced coordination; and (c) to create a global commission. 17. In response to the Doyle report, the Global Commission on International Migration was created in 2003 by a group of States as an independent commission to make recommendations on how to strengthen the national, regional and global governance of migration. 18. In 2004, the International Labour Conference, in the adoption of a plan of action for migrant workers, achieved consensus among its tripartite constituents (labour ministries and employers’ and workers’ organizations) on a rights-based approach to labour migration. 19. The report of the Global Commission on International Migration, finalized in 2005, recommended the establishment of an inter-agency global migration facility within the United Nations system. 20. In 2006, the Secretary-General established the Global Migration Group with a view to increasing system-wide coherence. 21. In 2006, upon the recommendation of the Secretary-General, the General Assembly held its first ever High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. In the lead-up to the High-level Dialogue, the Secretary-General appointed a Special Representative on International Migration and Development. 22. Following the High-level Dialogue, the opposition by States to the establishment of a forum within the United Nations to discuss migration led to the creation of the Global Forum on Migration and Development outside the United Nations framework. 23. In December 2008, the General Assembly decided to follow up the High-level Dialogue held in 2006 by convening a second one in 2013. 24. In 2012, Heads of State and Government, in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (General Assembly resolution 66/288, annex), called upon States to address international migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and a comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination in promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants, and avoiding approaches that might aggravate their vulnerability. 25. Also in 2012, the United Nations System Task Team on the Post-2015 United Nations Development Agenda recommended three fundamental principles for the post-2015 development agenda, namely human rights, equality and sustainability. The Task Team noted that better migration governance, both in countries of origin and destination, would be essential. 26. In December 2012, the Secretary-General’s Policy Committee endorsed a decision that, in order to promote a strong focus on the human rights of migrants in the lead-up to the 2013 High-level Dialogue and beyond, OHCHR, in consultation 13-42115 5/26