17/02/2023, 00:02 Global Compact on Refugees | Refugees and Migrants

UN ‫ العربية‬中文 English Français Русский Español   

Refugees and Migrants

Search ...

The service having id "printmail" is missing, reactivate its module or save again the list of services.

Global Compact on Refugees

https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/refugees-compact 1/5
17/02/2023, 00:02 Global Compact on Refugees | Refugees and Migrants

UN Photo/UNHCR

As part of the follow up to the 2016 New York Declaration (https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/declaration), the High Commissioner for Refugees has
proposed a Global Compact on Refugees in his annual report to the General Assembly in 2018. 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was given the task of developing and proposing a new global compact on refugees
(http://www.unhcr.org/towards-a-global-compact-on-refugees.html) in consultation with States and other stakeholders, based on the comprehensive refugee
response framework set out in the New York Declaration (Annex I).  That process comprised a series of thematic discussions and meetings in 2017 followed by formal
consultations (http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/formal-consultations-on-the-global-compact-on-refugees.html?query=formal%20consultations) on
successive drafts between February and July 2018.  

The High Commissioner proposed a final text (http://www.unhcr.org/gcr/GCR_English.pdf) in his annual report to the UN General Assembly in 2018 and the
compact will come before the General Assembly before the end of the year, in conjunction with the annual resolution of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees.

https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/refugees-compact 2/5
17/02/2023, 00:02 Global Compact on Refugees | Refugees and Migrants

The global compact on refugees is a unique opportunity to strengthen the international response to large movements of refugees and protracted refugee situations. It
builds on existing international law and standards, including the 1951 Refugee Convention and human rights treaties, and seeks to better define cooperation to share
responsibilities.   

Its four key objectives are to:

- Ease the pressures on host countries;

- Enhance refugee self-reliance;

- Expand access to third-country solutions;

- Support conditions in countries of origin for return in safety and dignity.

https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/refugees-compact 3/5
17/02/2023, 00:02 Global Compact on Refugees | Refugees and Migrants

https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/refugees-compact 4/5
17/02/2023, 00:02 Global Compact on Refugees | Refugees and Migrants

(http://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2017/?
utm_campaign=HQ_EN_post_Global_Core%2520Social%2520Media%2520Outreach&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social)

(http://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2017/?
There is a single global refugee crisis and developing countries are rising to the occasion to extend a helping hand. (Photo: UNHCR

utm_campaign=HQ_EN_post_Global_Core%2520Social%2520Media%2520Outreach&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social))
 

Follow the process towards a global compact on refugees (http://www.unhcr.org/towards-a-global-compact-on-refugees.html).  

Learn more about what it means for refugees and host communities at UNHCR’s storytelling page –   a new deal for refugees (http://www.unhcr.org/a-new-deal-for-
refugees.html).

Share 11 Tweet

https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/refugees-compact 5/5