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From: Isabela Cabral Félix de Sousa <isabelacabralfelix@xxxxxxxxx>
Helion,
Na lista de população foi divulgado hoje este documento da:
Commission on Population and Development
Forty-sixth Session
New trends in migration: demographic aspects
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Commission on Population and Development
Forty-sixth Session
New trends in migration: demographic aspects
The Commission on Population and Development,
PP1. Recalling the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development[1] and the
key actions for its further implementation,[2]
PP2. Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[3]and the
obligations of States parties
to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights[4], the
International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights[5], the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women[6], the Convention on the Rights of
the
Child[7], the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination[8]and the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families[9],
PP3. Recalling further the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the supplementing protocols thereto, namely,
the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land,
Sea and Air, and the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking
in Persons[10],
PP4. Recalling alsothe United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous People[11],
PP5. Recalling furtherthe 2005 World Summit Outcome,[12] its resolution 60/265
of 30 June 2006 on the follow-up to the development outcome of the 2005 World
Summit, including the Millennium Development Goals and the other
internationally agreed development goals, and recalling further the high-level
plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals and
its outcome document,[13]
PP6. Acknowledgingthat the first High-level Dialogue on International Migration
and Development in 2006 provided an opportunity to address constructively the
issue of international migration and development and increased awareness of the
issue, including the summary by the President of the General Assembly of the
Dialogue,
PP7. Recognizing alsothe contribution of the Global Forum on Migration and
Development to addressing the multidimensional nature of international
migration and promoting coherent and comprehensive approaches,
PP8.Recalling furtherall General Assembly resolutions relevant to international
migration, including those on international migration and development, and on
the protection of migrants, in particular General Assembly resolutions 63/225
of 19 December 2008, 65/170 of 20 December 2010, 67/172 of 20 December 2012,
and 67/219 of 12 December 2012, which are relevant to the second High-level
Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which will be held during
the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly and will discuss the overall
theme of “Identifying concrete measures to strengthen coherence and cooperation
at all levels, with a view to enhancing the benefits of international migration
for migrants and countries alike and its important links to development, while
reducing its negative implications”,
PP9. Recalling further the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and its
outcome document, entitled “The future we want”,[14]
PP10. Reaffirming the resolve expressed by the Heads of States and Governments
to take measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of
migrants, migrant workers and members of their families,
PP11. Recognizing that the full implementation of the Programme of Action of the
International Conference on Population and Development and the key actions for
its further implementation, including those related to sexual and reproductive
health and reproductive rights, which would also contribute to the
implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action[15], as well as those on
population and development, education and gender equality, are integrally
linked to global efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable
development, and that population dynamics are all-important for development,
PP12. Recognizing also that all human rights are universal, indivisible,
interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing and that the
international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal
manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis, and stresses that,
while the significance of national and regional particularities and various
historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the
duty of States regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems to
promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
PP13.Recognizingfurther the responsibility of States to promote and protect
effectively the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants,
regardless of their migration status, especially those of women and children,
PP14. Acknowledging the important link between migration and development, and
recognizing that migration brings both opportunities and challenges to
countries of origin, transit and destination, to migrants and to the global
community,
PP15. Reaffirming that development is a central goal in itself and that
sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental aspects
constitutes a key element of the overarching framework of United Nations
activities,
PP16. Recognizing the importance ofpreventing and eliminating trafficking in
persons, including migrant workers, while assuring the protection of their
human rights,
PP17. Recognizing alsothat increased national, bilateral, regional and
multilateral cooperation and shared responsibility are important to ensure
orderly, regular and safe processes of migration and to reduce undocumented or
irregular migration,
PP18. Recognizing furtherthe importance of having a comprehensive
and balanced approach to migration, and bearing in mind that migrants can
contribute to the political, economic, social and cultural fabric of countries
and the historical, cultural and economic ties that exist among some regions,
PP19. Recognizingalso that remittance flows constitute one of the important
aspects of international
migration, and constitute a source of private capital,
PP20. Acknowledging the importance of sustainable integrated urban development
in order to respond effectively to the growth of urban populations,while also
recognizing that a significant portion of the world’s poor live in rural areas
and that rural communities play an important role in the economic development
of many countries,
PP21. Awarethat migration has increased in volume, scope,
complexity and impact since the adoption of the Programme of Action of the
International Conference on Population and Development, and that migration is
an intrinsic feature of a globalizing world in which economic, social, cultural,
demographic, political and environmental factors all play an important role,
PP22.
Acknowledging the complexity of migratory flows and that international
migration movements also occur within the same geographical regions, and in
this context calling for a better understanding of migration patterns across
and within regions,
PP23. Notingthat greater internal migratory flows have a
significant impact on the distribution and concentration of populations in
cities and large urban agglomerations, and recognizing the growing numbers of
urban poor who often have no other option but to live in slums,
PP24. Recognizingthe need to further
consider the role that environmental factors may play in migration,
PP25. Notingthat international migration affects the population
size and population distribution of countries as well as their composition by
age and sex and recognizing that migration flows are important considerations
for development planning,
PP26. Recognizingthat women and girls account for almost
half of all international migrants at the global level, and that women are
increasingly migrating on their own or as heads of households and that while
this situation can create opportunities for economic independence and
empowerment, it can also lead to exploitation and vulnerability, and violence
and abuse for girls, as well as migrant women and their families, and therefore
requires more attention and greater gender sensitivity in all policies and
efforts related to migration,
PP27. Recognizing alsothe contributions of adolescents and young
migrants to countries of origin, transit and destination, their particular
vulnerabilities, circumstances and needs, and their potential to build social,
economic and cultural bridges of cooperation and understanding across
societies, and in that regard acknowledging the need to consider the
socioeconomic circumstances and specific needs of young migrants, including
access to education and health services, in order that they may achieve their
full potential and contribute to inclusive social and economic development,
PP28.
Recognizing furtherthat
any migrant can be vulnerable depending on the conditions and circumstances of
his or her migration, and that these vulnerabilities can be exacerbated
depending on a variety of factors such as age, sex, ethnicity and legal status,
PP29.Recognizing
also that young people, including young migrants, are particularly
vulnerable to HIV infection because of social and economic factors and other
inequities, including stigma and discrimination, gender-based and sexual
violence, gender inequality and violations, and lack of accurate information on
HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and access to sexual and
reproductive health, including HIV-related services,
PP30. Recallingthe resolve expressed to provide protection and assistance to
refugees and internally displaced persons, of whom a majority are women and
children, in accordance with international law, including international
humanitarian law,
PP31. Recognizing that all migrants have the right to a nationality to prevent
statelessness, which can leave migrants particularly vulnerable to arbitrary
arrest and detention, exploitation, and other abuses, and that all children,
including children of migrants, should be registered immediately after birth,
PP32. Recognizing also that in order to
achieve their full potential for economic and social development, migrants need
to have access to vital registration services and relevant documentation,
education, vocational training, housing, productive employment, and social and
health services, including sexual and reproductive health services, with due
regard for applicable laws and eligibility requirements,
PP33. Recalling the
various General Assembly resolutions requesting the United Nations system and
other relevant international organizations, in particular the International
Organization for Migration, to enhance their cooperation to improve the
collection, dissemination and analysis of migration data disaggregated, inter
alia, by age and sex,
PP34.
Taking note ofthe reports
by the Secretary-General on world population monitoring and on the monitoring
of population programmes, both focusing on new trends in migration,[16]and
taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on the flow of
financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,[17]
OP1. Reaffirmsthe Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development1 and the key actions for
its further implementation2;
OP2. Also reaffirmsthe Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome
documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly[18],
including in the area of migrant women;
OP3.Further
reaffirms the sovereign right of each country to implement the recommendations
of the Programme of Action or other proposals in the present resolution,
consistent with national laws and development priorities, with full respect for
the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of its
people, and in conformity with universally recognized international human
rights;
OP4.Calls upon States to promote and protect effectively the human rights and
fundamental
freedoms of all migrants regardless of migration status, especially those of
women and children, and to address international migration through
international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and a
comprehensive
and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries
of origin, transit and destination in promoting and protecting the human rights
of all migrants, and avoiding approaches that might aggravate their
vulnerability;
OP5.Urges Member
States to take effective measures in conformity with international law to
protect migrants affected or exploited by terrorism and incitement;
OP6.Also urges Member States to take concerted actions in conformity with
international
law to remove the obstacles faced by migrants, including those living in
situations of armed conflict
or under foreign occupation;
OP7. Requestsall Member States, in accordance with their relevant
international obligations and commitments, to promote cooperation at all levels
in addressing the challenge of undocumented or irregular migration, so as to
foster orderly, regular and safe processes of migration;
OP8. Urgesall Member States to devise, enforce and strengthen
effective measures and specific policies to prevent, combat and eliminate all
forms of trafficking in persons, to counter the demand for trafficked victims
and to protect the victims, in particular women and children subjected to
forced labour, sexual exploitation, violence or sexual abuse;
OP9.Encourages Member States that have
not already done so to enact national legislation and take other appropriate
measures to combat international smuggling of migrants, including legislative,
judicial, regulatory and administrative measures, recognizing that migrant
smuggling may endanger the lives of migrants or make them vulnerable to
trafficking, kidnapping or other crimes and abuse by organized criminal groups,
and to strengthen international cooperation to combat such crimes;
OP10.
Urges Member States to safeguard
and protect migrants and members of their families from illegal or violent
acts, including acts of discrimination and crimes perpetrated on any basis, and
to respect their physical integrity, dignity, religious beliefs and cultural
values;
OP11. Encourages Member States that have not
done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members
of Their Families, as well as other relevant legal instruments related to
labour standards and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to
promote and raise awareness of such instruments;
OP12. Calls onMember States to promote and protect the human rights and
fundamental freedoms of, and promote equal opportunities for internal migrants,
to combat all forms of discrimination against them, to provide them with access
to education, health care and social services, and to foster social
integration, especially for marginalized migrants;
OP13. Reaffirmsthat there is a need to address and to promote conditions for
cheaper, faster, more transparent and safer transfers of remittances, in a
non-discriminatory fashion, in both source and recipient countries, and invites
Member States as well as the private sector, international organizations, the
banking community and other stakeholders, to work towards the further reduction
of transfer costs of remittances;
OP14. Reaffirmsalso the need to encourage opportunities for
development-oriented investments in recipient countries by beneficiaries that
are willing and able to undertake such actions,
OP15. Invites Governments to encourage diasporas to contribute to the
development of their countries and communities of origin, in accordance with
domestic legislation, including by facilitating human capital transfer, direct
investment, trade and philanthropy, and by ensuring an environment that is
conducive to investments and entrepreneurship with easy access to information,
networks and infrastructure;
OP16.
Invites Member Statesto
take practical measures to enhance the benefits of international migration for
development by, inter alia, seeking
to ensure the fair treatment of migrants with regard to their working
conditions and wages, the portability of pensions and other social protections,
as appropriate, and the mutual recognition of diplomas and qualifications, with
due regard to eligibility criteria, and in general lowering the costs of
migration and promoting circular and return migration;
OP17.
Calls upon Statesto ensure
that migration, which affects many areas of development, is integrated into
national and sectoral development policies, strategies and programmes,
OP18.
Reiteratesthe need to consider how the migration of highly
skilled persons, especially in the health, social and engineering sectors,
affects
the development efforts of developing countries and endorses the example of
good practice set by the World Health Organization Global Code of Practice on
the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, whereby the international
community is encouraged to support and promote health systems strengthening;
OP19. Invites Governments, when developing policies, to take into account the
role that environmental factors may play in migration;
OP20. UrgesMember States and the international community to give
due consideration to the linkages
between migration and development in the further implementation of the
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development beyond 2014, and in the elaboration of the post-2015 development
agenda;
OP21. Also urgesMember States, with the support of the international community,
to
consider population and migration trends and projections in developing,
implementing, monitoring and evaluating national, rural and urban development
strategies and policies, and to seize the opportunities and address the
challenges associated with demographic change, including migration;
OP22. Encourages Member States to promote sustainable and integrated rural and
urban development,
to strengthen urban-rural linkages, and to expand participatory slum upgrading
efforts;
OP23. Also encourages Governments
to harness the benefits of persons moving to urban areas in pursuit of
education, employment or family unity, and to seize the advantages of higher
population density, notably higher energy efficiency in transport and housing,
as well as cheaper provision of services and infrastructure, while at the same
time working to mitigate the adverse impacts of the rapid concentration of
populations in cities or metropolitan areas;
OP24. Welcomes programmes that
allow migrants to integrate fully into society, facilitate family reunification
in accordance with the laws and specific criteria of each Member State and
promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and encourages host
countries to take appropriate measures aimed at the full integration of
long-term, regular migrants staying in the country;
OP25. Calls upon Statesto protect the human rights of migrant children,
especially migrant girls, given their vulnerability, particularly unaccompanied
migrant children, ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary
consideration in their policies of integration, return and family
reunification, including repatriation mechanisms;
OP26. UrgesMember States and relevant international
organizations to incorporate a gender perspective into all policies and
programmes on international migration in order, inter alia, to reinforce the
positive effects that migration can
have for the empowerment of women and the contributions that migrant women can
make to the economic, social and human development of their countries of origin
and their host countries, and to strengthen actions to prevent and eliminate
all forms of violence, coercion, discrimination, trafficking in persons, and
exploitation
and abuse of women and girls;
OP27. Also urges Governmentsto take into account the best interests of
the child by adopting or strengthening measures to promote and protect the
human rights of migrant girls, including unaccompanied girls, regardless of
their immigration status, so as to prevent labour and economic exploitation,
discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and sexual abuse in the workplace,
including in domestic work;
OP28. Calls uponMember States to consider the consequences of
humanitarian emergencies for migrants and migration, including for longer-term
development, in particular regarding the situation of international migrants
affected by acute crises in destination or transit countries, and the impact of
return migration, and also specifically considering the role of human mobility
in disaster risk reduction strategies, disaster preparedness, national climate
change adaptation programs and sustainable urban planning;
OP29. Calls uponMember States to increase measures to protect women
migrants from violence and harassment, including sexual harassment and
bullying, in both public and private spaces, to address security and safety
through awareness-raising policies and programmes;
OP30.
Recognizes that migrants and
displaced persons in many parts of the world have limited access to health care,
including for sexual and reproductive health, and face specific threats to
their reproductive health and rights, and calls
upon Governments to provide services that are particularly sensitive to the
needs of individual women and adolescents and responsive to their often
powerless situation, with particular attention to those who are victims of
sexual
violence;
OP31. Further calls upon Member States to intensify efforts to provide migrants
with access to
health and social services, including sexual and reproductive health services,
information and education, and access to services for the prevention and
treatment of HIV and AIDS and other communicable or non-communicable diseases,
and for the care and support of persons living with these conditions; as well
as to implement measures to prevent violence, including sexual violence, and
address the consequences by providing, inter alia, emergency contraception, and
safe abortion in circumstances where
such services are permitted by the national law;
OP32. Urges States that have not yet done so to adopt and implement legislation
and policies that protect all women migrant domestic workers and to include
therein and improve, where necessary, relevant monitoring and inspection
measures in line with applicable International Labour Organization conventions
and other instruments to ensure compliance with international obligations, and
to grant women migrant workers in domestic service access to gender sensitive,
transparent mechanisms for bringing complaints against employers, while
stressing that such instruments should not punish women migrant workers, and
calls upon States to promptly investigate and punish all violations of their
rights;
OP33. EncouragesMember States to consider indentifying and reviewing any
remaining HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence in order to
eliminate them;
OP34. UrgesMember States, with the support of the
international community and within their national strategies for the
development of statistics, to prioritize the collection and publication of
timely and comparable migration data, based on existing standards and
guidelines, including data disaggregated by age and sex, and to build national
capacity for this work;
OP35. Requests the Secretary-General to examine best
practices and make recommendations for strengthening national capacities to
collect, process and disseminate migration data, and for using such data for
decision‑making and informed public debate and dialogue, as part of his report
to the 2013 High‑level Dialogue on international migration and development;
OP36. EncouragesMember States to take advantage of
advances in methodologies and technologies for data collection and analysis,
and to collaborate regularly in the collection, processing, exchange and
analysis of migration and other relevant data compiled through various data
collection systems;
OP37.
Also encouragesMember States to make migration data available at the
highest level of spatial disaggregation possible, in all cases respecting the
privacy of individuals and taking into account legal and ethical standards, in
order to improve the quality, timeliness, and accessibility of data for the
purpose of policy and programme development, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation;
OP38. Further encourages efforts by Member States and the
international community to promote a balanced and comprehensive approach to
migration and development, in particular by building partnerships amongst all
relevant stakeholders, and ensuring coordinated action to develop national
capacities,
including for data collection and for the management of migration in ways that
respect and protect human rights;
OP39. Stresses the need to take concrete actions to strengthen
bilateral, regional and international cooperation and dialogue in the area of
international migration and development and, where appropriate, to develop and
implement national and regional policies and cooperative strategies with
meaningful participation of migrants to ensure that migration contributes to
the development of both countries of origin and countries of destination;
OP40. Reaffirmsthe right of Governments to enforce their migration
laws consistent with their international obligations;
OP41.
Callsupon Governments of
both developed and developing countries to make every effort to mobilize the
required resources to ensure that the migration, development and human-rights
related
objectives of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development are met and urges Governments and development
partners to cooperate closely to ensure that resources are used in a manner
that ensures maximum effectiveness and is in full alignment with the needs and
priorities of developing countries;
OP42. Calls uponall
relevant bodies, agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system,
and other relevant intergovernmental, regional and sub-regional organizations,
including the Global Migration Group, within their respective mandates, to
strengthen their collaboration and cooperation in the area of international
migration, to adopt coherent, comprehensive and coordinated approaches, and to
include migration issues in their contributions to the preparation of the
post-2015 development agenda;
OP43. Requeststhe Secretary-General to continue his substantive
work on migration and development and, in collaboration with the United Nations
system and relevant organizations, including the International Organization for
Migration, to continue assessing the progress made in achieving the goals and
objectives on migration and development set out in the outcomes of major United
Nations conferences and summits;
OP44. Looks forward tothe second High-level Dialogue on
International Migration and Development, with the aim of the identification of
concrete measures to harness the benefits of migration and to minimise its
negative impacts, to be held during the sixty-eighth session of the General
Assembly, reiterates the invitation to Member States and observers to
participate at the highest possible level and calls on Member States to
contribute through appropriate regional consultative processes to the
High-Level Dialogue;
OP45.
Recommendsin this regard
that the Economic and Social Council transmit the report of the Commission on
its forty-sixth session to the second High-level Dialogue on International
Migration
and Development;
________________________________
[1]Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo,
5-13 September1994(United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex
[2]See General
Assembly resolution S-21/2, annex; Official
Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-first Special Session, Supplement No. 3
(A/S-21/5/Rev.1); and A/S-21/PV.9. General Assembly resolution 60/1.
[3]General Assembly resolution
217 A (III).
[4]A/6316 (1966)
[5]General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16
December 1966
[6]General Assembly resolution 34/180,
annex.
[7]United Nations, Treaty Series, vol.
1577, No. 27531
[8]General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
[9]United Nations, Treaty Series, vol.
1577, No. 27531
[10]A/RES/64/293
[11]
[12]General Assembly resolution 60/1.
[13]General
Assembly resolution 65/1.
[14]General
Assembly resolution
66/288, annex.
[15]
[16]E/CN.9/2013/3 and E/CN.9/2013/4.
[17]E/CN.9/2013/5.
[18]
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