Venezuela participates in Intergovernmental Conference for the Adoption of Global Migration

The Chancellor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, representing the Bolivarian Government, participates in the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference for the Adoption of the Global Pact for Orderly, Secure and Regular Migration, which takes place this Monday and Tuesday in Morocco, where is expected his intervention in contribution to this human right.

In this sense, this conference will not only seek the adoption of the Global Pact for Orderly, Secure and Regular Migration by the member states, but also to put into practice practical efforts to implement the Pact, to identify ways to support each other to to fulfill the commitments of the Pact worldwide, aligned with the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It is also expected to discuss the concrete achievements that they intend to achieve, collectively and individually in the four years prior to the first International Migration Review Forum for 2022.

Venezuela has also stood out for its active participation in all phases of the process since its inception in 2017, through the Permanent Mission in United Nations-New York (2017-2018), along with an integrated national delegation highlighting the positions of principle in favor of international law, respect for the human rights of migrants, the fight against discrimination and xenophobia, clear differentiation between the frameworks applicable to refugees and migrants, and highlighting national contributions in this area, particularly taking into account the national, regional and global context regarding this issue.

It should be noted that the Global Pact for a Secure, Ordered and Regular Migration is the first document intergovernmentally agreed under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), which addresses the issue of migration in a comprehensive manner, covering its different dimensions and that it would serve as a framework for international cooperation on the subject.

Its negotiation and adoption is a mandate of the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, adopted in September 2016 by the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization.