In the General Assembly resolution A/RES/73/195, Member States agreed to review the progress made at the local, national, regional and global levels in implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the framework of the United Nations through a State-led approach and with the participation of all relevant stakeholders.
Member States further decided that:
- The High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, currently scheduled to take place every fourth session of the General Assembly, shall be repurposed and renamed “International Migration Review Forum”;
- The International Migration Review Forum shall serve as the primary intergovernmental global platform for Member States to discuss and share progress on the implementation of all aspects of the Global Compact, including as it relates to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and with the participation of all relevant stakeholders.
The quadrennial International Migration Review Forum (Forum) will be held at the highest possible political level, including Heads of State or Government. It is open to the participation of all UN Member States and all members of specialized agencies that have observer status with the General Assembly.
The Forum will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 17-20 May 2022. The Forum will be hosted by the President of the UN General Assembly.
It consists of:
- four interactive multi-stakeholder round-tables;
- a policy dialogue; and
- a plenary.
It will result in an intergovernmentally agreed Progress Declaration.
An informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, hosted by the President of the UN General Assembly, will take place on the day immediately preceding the Forum (16 May).