A list of some resources concerning the High Level Summit, from civil society, the UN and member states:
UNGA Resolution
- New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (13 September 2016)
- New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (30 August 2016)
Final drafts of the Outcome Document and annexes
- Final draft of the outcome document for 19 September (29 July 2016)
- Final draft of Annex I: Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (30 July 2016)
- Final draft of Annex II: Towards a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (30 July 2016)
Civil Society voice at the Summits for Refugees and Migrants
- Civil Society Joint Statement: Initial Thoughts on Elements of Modalities
- Civil Society Joint Statement: 7 actions world leaders urgently need to take to make a new deal for refugees, migrants and societies a reality FR ES
- GCM: As Governments Converge in Historic Moment, the Global Coalition on Migration Urges Stronger Commitments to Protect the Human Rights of Migrants
- IRC, Migrant Voice, MSF, World Vision, UNHCR: Refugees & charities display ‘lifejacket graveyard’ in Parliament Square as world leaders meet at United Nations Migration Summit in New York.
- ICRC: ICRC president calls on world leaders to address root causes of refugee movements
- IRC: Meet the 1%: An inside look at refugee resettlement
- Médecins Sans Frontières: Reality Check
- Open Society Foundation: Will a Global Compact on Migration Lead to Lasting Change?
- Brookings: The Refugee and Migration Crisis: Proposals for Action, U.N. SUMMIT 2016
- DRC: Statement and key reflections on the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
- Global Unions: Reaction to the Outcome Document/Annexes for the United Nations 19 September 2016 High-level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants
- Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN): Refugee Solidarity Network Statement on the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
- OXFAM: I ask the world to empathize
- Human rights first: Congress Should Fund White House’s Increased Refugee Resettlement Goal
- Amnesty International: World leaders have ‘shirked, not shared’ responsibility on refugee crisis
Civil Society analyses and responses to Outcome Document and annexes
- GCM Reflections on the September 19 Outcome Documents: Most of the work is yet to be done, and States need to act now (10 August 2016)
- GCM: Don’t Lower the Bar on Children’s Rights: End the Detention of Migrant Children! (10 August 2016)
- IDC: Global Campaign to End Child Detention: Leaders Miss the Mark on Child Detention (9 August 2016)
- Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law – Minor miracle or historic failure? Assessing the UN’s refugee summit (5 August 2016)
- IDC: UN Member States Make Landmark Commitments to Refugees and Migrants (4 August 2016)
- Amnesty International: UN Refugee Summit talks end in abject failure (3 August 2016)
- CMS & SIMN: Statement on the Outcome Document for UN Summit on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants (3 August 2016)
Civil society input to Summit negotiation process: a sampling
- “Updates from Civil Society” newsletters can be found in the News section
- Members of the Action Committee to world leaders: World leaders must step up efforts to conclude robust & principled deal for refugees and migrants (28 July 2016)
- U.S. civil society letter to President Obama: U.S. human rights leadership and outcome document for UN High-Level Meeting on Refugees and Migrants (29 July 2016)
- Video recordings of civil society consultations with the co-facilitators to the Summit throughout the negotiation process:
- Caritas Internationalis: Contribution to the outcome document of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants on 19 September 2016
- Global Unions Statement for the UN Summit on refugees and migrants
- Speech of Michelle LeVoy from PICUM at the opening session of the UNGA informal multi-stakeholder hearings for the Summit on Refugees and Migrants (18 July 2016)
- Second Consolidated civil society feedback on the 2nd-draft of the outcome document and the Global Compact on refugees (20 July 2016)
- First consolidated civil society feedback on the zero-draft of the outcome document and the Global Compact on responsibility-sharing for refugees from organizations on the Action Committee (7 July 2016)
- List of organisations signed on to New Deal
- A new deal for refugees, migrants and societies: Civil society starting points for the outcome of the UN High-level Summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants
- Results of our civil society survey
- Amnesty International: Sharing the responsibility for refugees: a new global compact (9 May 2016)
- OXFAM: UN High Level Summit on large movements of Refugees and migrants; towards an ambitious negotiated outcome document (23 June 2016)
- Christian Aid: Change the Story: Share a story of welcome for refugees
United Nations and Member States
- PGA announcement: Mexico and Switzerland co-facilitators for the Global Compact on Migration process
- Migration control is not only about keeping people out – UN experts call for vision and leadership
- UNHCR’s Volker Türk says solidarity ‘essential’ to refugee protection
- François Crépeau: Vision and Leadership are needed to embrace Mobility and Diversity
- Fact Sheet on the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees
- Remarks by President Obama at Call to Action CEO Roundtable
- Joint Statement on Leaders’ Summit on Refugees (by the governments of Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Jordan, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States)
- FACT SHEET: White House Announces Commitments to the Call to Action for Private Sector Engagement on the Global Refugee Crisis
- UNHCR: International Solidarity in Action at Leaders’ Summit on Refugees
- UN PRESS RELEASE – New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted by all Member States at historic UN Summit
- UNFPA – World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis
- World leaders at UN summit adopt ‘bold’ plan to enhance protections for refugees and migrants
- At summit for refugees and migrants, senior UN officials underline the importance of collective action
- San José Action Statement: A Regional Response to Address Protection Needs
- Statement by the UN human rights mechanisms on the occasion of the UN High Level Summit on large movements of refugees and migrants
- The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants supports the Global Initiative to End Child Detention (webstory)
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to General Assembly focusing on the Global Compact on migration
- EU attends UN Summit on refugees and migrants and 71st United Nations General Assembly Ministerial week
- Prime Minister to lead Canadian delegation to United Nations General Assembly in New York
- Arrangements for the high-level meetings and the general debate of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly
- IOM welcomes UN Member States consensus ahead of Summit on Refugees and Migrants
- Interview: UN senior adviser discusses blueprint to strengthen global responses for refugees and migrants
- IOM Supports Arab League Preparations for UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants
- UNHCR welcomes historic commitment by States to more equitable and predictable responses to refugees
- UN agency welcomes ‘landmark step’ by North and Central American countries to protect refugees
- On World Day, UN urges stronger action to shield millions from human trafficking
- UNGA President Invites Nominations of Co-Chairs for Round Tables on Migrants, Refugees
- Summary of the OPGA on the Informal Interactive Multi-stakeholder hearings
- Concept note and provisional programme for the 18 July informal interactive hearing
- IOM – Position paper for the 19 September event
- UNHCR – A Global Compact for Responsibility-sharing for Refugees—at a glance
- Berlin Roundtable on Refugees and Migration
- San José conference on forced displacement in Central America ends with commitments to strengthen asylum systems in the region
- OSCE Annual Security Review Conference – EU Statement on “Challenges arising from current migration trends”
- EU institutions joint statement and campaign – #SupportRefugees
- Global Migration Group (GMG) statement at inaugural meeting of Friends of Migration
- UNHCR – #With refugees campaign
- Agreement on the modalities for the 19 September high-level meeting on refugees and migrants (22 June 2016)
- UN Secretary General’s report: In safety and dignity – addressing large movements of refugees and migrants
- UN site for the high-level summit 19 September 2016
For a listing of relevant media resources, go to ‘In the News: Snapshots’ in the News section