IOM briefing on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

A briefing organized by the International Organization on Migration (IOM) took place on 14 October in Geneva, entitled "Follow-up to the 19 September New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, including Preliminary Thinking on IOM’s role in the Development of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the International Conference in 2018".

During the briefing, IOM elaborated on how it sees the Compact process develop and its own role within that process. Governments also spoke about what they expect from the UN organizations and the process towards the development of the Global Compact. In particular, during the discussion, governments intervening from the floor clearly expressed the following main points:

• IOM must have the leadership in the formulation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
• The process of intergovernmental negotiations leading to the adoption of the Global Compact on migration has to be state-led, lean, and participatory
• The Global Compact on refugees and the Global Compact on migration need to be coherent and cooperative each other.

See more information from this public event in the detailed notes compiled by ICMC.