A/RES/71/1
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
behind first. We reaffirm today our commitments that relate to the specific needs of
migrants or refugees. The 2030 Agenda makes clear, inter alia, that we will facilitate
orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including
through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies. The
needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants are explicitly
recognized.
17. The implementation of all relevant provisions of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development will enable the positive contribution that migrants are
making to sustainable development to be reinforced. At the same time, it will
address many of the root causes of forced displacement, helping to create more
favourable conditions in countries of origin. Meeting today, a year afte r our
adoption of the 2030 Agenda, we are determined to realize the full potential of that
Agenda for refugees and migrants.
18. We recall the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 3 and
its recommendations concerning measures to mitigate r isks associated with
disasters. States that have signed and ratified the Paris Agreement on climate
change 4 welcome that agreement and are committed to its implementation. We
reaffirm the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on
Financing for Development, 5 including its provisions that are applicable to refugees
and migrants.
19. We take note of the report of the Secretary-General, entitled “In safety and
dignity: addressing large movements of refugees and migrants”, 6 prepared pursuant
to General Assembly decision 70/539 of 22 December 2015, in preparation for this
high-level meeting. While recognizing that the following conferences either did not
have an intergovernmentally agreed outcome or were regional in scope, we take note
of the World Humanitarian Summit, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23 and 24 May
2016, the high-level meeting on global responsibility-sharing through pathways for
admission of Syrian refugees, convened by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees on 30 March 2016, the conference on “Supporting Syria
and the Region”, held in London on 4 February 2016, and the pledging conference
on Somali refugees, held in Brussels on 21 October 2015. While recognizing that
the following initiatives are regional in nature and apply only to those countries
participating in them, we take note of regional initiatives such as the Bali Process on
People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime, the
European Union-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative and the African Union Horn of Africa Initiative on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants (the
Khartoum Process), the Rabat Process, the Valletta Action Plan and the Brazil
Declaration and Plan of Action.
20. We recognize the very large number of people who are displaced within
national borders and the possibility that such persons might seek protection and
assistance in other countries as refugees or migrants. We note the need for reflection
on effective strategies to ensure adequate protection and assistance for internally
displaced persons and to prevent and reduce such displacement.
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3
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.
5
Resolution 69/313, annex.
6
A/70/59.
4
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