Welcome to the United Nations
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
This event will bring together the UN Network on Migration, Member States and stakeholders, to:
- Identify concrete actions to strengthen the linkages between the GCM, the 2030 Agenda and their review forums, based on the findings of the first IMRF;
- Identify good practices and lessons learnt in the governance of international migration during the pandemic to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs.
This will be the first opportunity to bring together key IMRF partners to discuss how to move forward on the Progress Declaration in fulfillment of the SDGs. The event will highlight commitments made by Member States and calls to action from stakeholders. It will also identify gaps and opportunities in the implementation process. In May 2022, UN Member States and stakeholders gathered for the first IMRF of the GCM. They sent a resounding message: migration and sustainable development are inextricably linked. We will therefore not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without attaining safe, orderly and regular migration. This reflects lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought into focus migrants’ essential role in fostering healthy and prosperous communities. Since the onset of the pandemic, migrants have been on the front lines, providing essential services, maintaining critical supply chains, connecting and caring for others. Too often, migrants face disproportionate impacts of the pandemic due to structural inequalities.
In line with the theme Building back better from the COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda, we must waste no time in actioning the commitments of the IMRF to leverage the power of migration and the more than 280 million migrants worldwide.
