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Authorities Will Review Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

The meeting, co-organized by ECLAC and the IOM, will take place on March 18-20, 2025 at the UN regional commission’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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24 January 2025
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Representatives of ECLAC’s Member States and associate members and of intergovernmental and United Nations system organizations, along with relevant stakeholders, will review implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a meeting that will be held on March 18-20 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.

The Second regional review meeting on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean – organized by ECLAC and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in their capacity as Co-Chairs of the Regional United Nations Network on Migration (UNNM) – will begin on Tuesday, March 18 with a stakeholder consultation, followed by an intergovernmental conference to be held on March 19-20.

This event will allow Member States and other relevant stakeholders to assess implementation of the GCM, seek opportunities to strengthen regional and interregional cooperation and address challenges based on the outcomes of the first round of Regional Reviews and the priorities identified by the processes and initiatives carried out in the region.

At the meeting, participants will also be able to evaluate progress, challenges and opportunities related to implementing the measures recommended in the Progress Declaration of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), and to formulate key findings and recommendations that will serve as a basis for the IMRF that will take place in 2026.

The gathering will feature four roundtable discussions that will address issues such as Inclusion; Drivers of migration and regular routes; Migration governance, saving lives as well as safe, dignified return, readmission and sustainable reintegration; and Data, evidence-based policies and international cooperation. It will also include a high-level panel on regular pathways.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is a non-legally binding cooperation framework that recognizes that no State can address the migration issue on its own, given its transnational and multidimensional nature. It consists of 23 intertwined objectives, under a series of cross-cutting and interdependent principles related to multilateralism. It is the first UN global agreement to establish a shared approach to international migration in all its dimensions.

The first review of the implementation of the Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean was held virtually in April 2021. Its summary report informed the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 17-20, 2022, and resulted in the unanimous adoption of the Progress Declaration.

 

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