International migration and development

Urges Members States and the UN system to strengthen international cooperation in the area of international migration and development in order to address the root causes of migration, especially those related to poverty, and to maximize the benefits of international migration to those concerned; calls upon the international community to seek to make the option of remaining in one's country viable for all people; to that end, efforts to achieve sustainable economic and social development, ensuring a better economic balance between developed and developing countries, should be strengthened; calls upon all relevant organs, organizations and programmes of the UN system and other intergovernmental, regional and subregional organizations to address the issue of international migration and development and to provide appropriate support for interregional, regional and subregional processes and activities on international migration and development; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 54th session a report on international migration and development, taking into account: (a) the reviews of Member States and the relevant bodies both within and outside the UN system, bearing in mind various regional processes, and recommending ways and means to address the problems related to migration and development, including the possibility of convening an international conference on international migration and development; (b) the report of the technical symposium on international migration and development which will be convened in 1998; (c) the report of the Committee for Development Planning on its examination of the issue of migration and development; (d) the work of the Administrative Committee on Coordination which addresses the issue of international migration and development from cross-sectoral, interregional, regional and subregional points of view.

Adopted without vote, 77th meeting

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Adopted at the 77th plenary meeting, 18 Dec. 1997.