The Global Commission on International Migration was launched by the United Nations Secretary-General and a number of governments on December 9, 2003 in Geneva. It is comprised of 19 Commissioners, is independent and was given the mandate to provide the framework for the formulation of a coherent, comprehensive and global response to the issue of international migration.

The Global Commission on International Migration closed on 31 December 2005.

The Commission is pleased to announce the publication of its report ‘Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action’.

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In its Report, presented to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UN Members States and other stakeholders on 5 October 2005, the Global Commission on International Migration says the international community has failed to realize the full potential of migration and has not risen to the many opportunities and challenges it presents.  The Commission stresses the need for greater coherence, cooperation and capacity to achieve a more effective governance of international migration.  The 90-page report provides a comprehensive yet concise analysis of key global policy issues in the field of international migration, and presents six ‘Principles for Action’ and thirty-three related recommendations that can serve as a guide to the formulation of migration policies at the national, regional and global levels. 

The Commission is also publishing the supporting evidence for its conclusions and recommendations (click here). This supporting evidence includes a series of thematic papers (click here), a series of papers on migration issues in different regions of the world (click here), and reports of all the regional hearings, stakeholder consultations and expert meetings that the Commission has held over the past 21 months (click here).

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