A/RES/70/302
United Nations
Distr.: General
14 September 2016
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda items 15 and 116
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 September 2016
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.61)]
70/302. Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary
meeting of the General Assembly on addressing
large movements of refugees and migrants
The General Assembly,
Recalling its decision 70/539 of 22 December 2015, in which it decided to
convene, on 19 September 2016, a high-level plenary meeting of the General
Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants,
Recalling also its resolution 70/290 of 30 June 2016 regarding the modalities
for the high-level plenary meeting,
Decides to transmit the outcome document entitled “New York Declaration for
Refugees and Migrants”, which is annexed to the present resolution, to the General
Assembly at its seventy-first session for action during the high-level plenary
meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants to be held on
19 September 2016.
116th plenary meeting
9 September 2016
Annex
New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
We, the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, meeting at
United Nations Headquarters in New York on 19 September 2016 to address the
question of large movements of refugees and migrants, have adopted the following
political declaration.
I.
Introduction
1.
Since earliest times, humanity has been on the move. Some people move in
search of new economic opportunities and horizons. Others move to escape armed
conflict, poverty, food insecurity, persecution, terrorism, or human rights violations
and abuses. Still others do so in response to the adverse effects of climate change,
natural disasters (some of which may be linked to climate change), or other
environmental factors. Many move, indeed, for a combination of these reasons.
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