Annan offers global forum on migration & development
07 Jun '06
4 min read
It also recognizes governments' right to decide who is allowed to enter their territory, subject to international treaty obligations, as well as their capacity to work together to upgrade economic and social benefits at both ends of the migrant voyage, and to promote the well-being of the migrants themselves.
Traditionally considered too controversial for a global institution to handle, the issue of international migration has recently been moving up the UN agenda. Last year, the independent Global Commission on International Migration presented a report and recommendations to the Secretary-General, while in 2005, the International Labour Organization adopted a non-binding Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration.
A Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Peter Sutherland, is now engaged in preliminary talks with governments, leading up to a “high-level dialogue” to be held by the General Assembly on 14 and 15 September, focusing on the relationship between migration and development. Today's report is intended to spur that discussion.
Mr. Annan's views on migration were also reflected in an Op-Ed article published by several international newspapers which further highlighted many of the points from the report.
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