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Provide technical support to country networks/teams to enhance inclusive implementation, follow up and review of the GCM at country-level within Asia Pacific region within the second cycle of the regional reviews.
TENTATIVE DEADLINE OF IMPLEMENTATION:
Recognizing the progress made by the Regional Network on Migration for Asia Pacific (Network) including organizing the first Asia Pacific Regional Review using the ESCAP intergovernmental platform and multi-stakeholder consultations to strengthen capacity to support GCM implementation and engagement with the Network, and GCM Champion Series Dialogues, the Network is committed in line with the GCM’s guiding principles to build on and complement these activities namely 1) strengthen information exchange and capacity building on GCM in the region with governments and stakeholders, 2) jointly support the establishment of UN migration country networks, 3) support the inclusive development of GCM national action plans, and 4) advocate for expansion of champion countries particularly noting underrepresented sub-regions.
Pledge ID
2131
Pledging entity
International Organizations
Type of pledge
Common (several states/actors making identical or complementary pledges)
Country
Nature of the Pledge
Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF)
Policy/legal in scope around a given objective of the GCM
Material (e.g. provision of technical assistance or in kind contribution)
Structured in pursuit of one or more of the 10 guiding principles
State/Actor
Regional UN Network on Migration for Asia and Pacific
GCM Guiding Principles
GCM Objectives
1. Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies
2. Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin
3. Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
4. Ensure that all migrants have proof of legal identity and adequate documentation
5. Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
6. Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
8. Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants
9. Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants
10. Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration
11. Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated manner
12. Strengthen certainty and predictability in migration procedures for appropriate screening, assessment and referral
13. Use migration detention only as a measure of last resort and work towards alternatives
14. Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration cycle
15. Provide access to basic services for migrants
16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
17. Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration
18. Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
19. Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
20. Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
21. Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration
22. Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits
23. Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
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*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
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