New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

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United Nations declaration international political agreement

The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants is a 2016 UN General Assembly commitment by member states to strengthen international protection for refugees and migrants and to lay the groundwork for subsequent global compacts on migration and refugees.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants canonical	3
UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants	1
United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations declaration ⓘ international political agreement ⓘ
adoptedBy	UN member states ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	2016-09-19 ⓘ
adoptionMeeting	New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
adoptionSession	United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/291 ⓘ surface form: 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly
affirms	obligation to protect the human rights of all individuals on their territory ⓘ principle of non-refoulement ⓘ sovereign right of states to determine their national migration policy ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance responsibility-sharing for refugees ⓘ improve global governance of migration ⓘ strengthen international protection for migrants ⓘ strengthen international protection for refugees ⓘ
callsFor	addressing root causes of large movements of refugees and migrants ⓘ adoption of a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration ⓘ adoption of a global compact on refugees ⓘ combating xenophobia, racism and discrimination against refugees and migrants ⓘ development of a comprehensive refugee response framework ⓘ ending practices of arbitrary detention of migrants ⓘ increased humanitarian funding for refugee situations ⓘ particular protection for children ⓘ particular protection for women and girls ⓘ protection of the human rights of all refugees and migrants ⓘ support to countries hosting large numbers of refugees ⓘ
followedBy	Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration process ⓘ surface form: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Global Compact on Refugees ⓘ
includes	Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
laysGroundworkFor	Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration process ⓘ surface form: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Global Compact on Refugees ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding political declaration ⓘ
recognizes	contributions of migrants to countries of origin and destination ⓘ need for international cooperation on migration ⓘ need to respect international human rights law ⓘ need to respect international humanitarian law ⓘ need to respect international refugee law ⓘ
relatedTo	International Organization for Migration ⓘ UNHCR ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
subjectMatter	human rights of migrants ⓘ international burden- and responsibility-sharing ⓘ international migration governance ⓘ refugee protection ⓘ
timePeriod	European migrant and refugee crisis ⓘ
UNDocumentSymbol	A/RES/71/1 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration process → basedOn → New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants ⓘ

New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants → adoptionMeeting → New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants

Global Compact on Refugees → basedOn → New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants ⓘ

Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework → partOf → New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants ⓘ

Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework → adoptedAt → New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants