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Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda) (2015), para. 047
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- 40. We recognize the positive contribution of migrants for inclusive growth and sustainable development in countries of origin and transit and destination countries. Remittances from migrant workers, half of whom are women, are typically wages transferred to families, primarily to meet part of the needs of the recipient households. They cannot be equated to other international financial flows, such as foreign direct investment, ODA or other public sources of financing for development. We will work to ensure that adequate and affordable financial services are available to migrants and their families in both home and host countries. We will work towards reducing the average transaction cost of migrant remittances by 2030 to less than 3 per cent of the amount transferred. We are particularly concerned with the cost of remittances in certain low-volume and high-cost corridors. We will work to ensure that no remittance corridor requires charges higher than 5 per cent by 2030, mindful of the need to maintain adequate service coverage, especially for those most in need. We will support national authorities to address the most significant obstacles to the continued flow of remittances, such as the trend of banks withdrawing services, to work towards access to remittance transfer services across borders. We will increase coordination among national regulatory authorities to remove obstacles to non-bank remittance service providers accessing payment system infrastructure and promote conditions for cheaper, faster and safer transfer of remittances in both source and recipient countries, including by promoting competitive and transparent market conditions. We will exploit new technologies, promote financial literacy and inclusion and improve data collection.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Women
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2016), para. 16
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- Recognizing the need to expand resettlement opportunities,
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2017), para. 16
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- Recognizing the need to expand resettlement opportunities,
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2018), para. 17
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- Recognizing the need to expand resettlement opportunities,
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (1994), para. 04
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- Conscious of the need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and in the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (1997), para. 04
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- Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (1998), para. 04
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- Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (1999), para. 04
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- Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2000), para. 04
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- Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2001), para. 04
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- Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2002), para. 04
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- Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory and the living conditions of the Palestinian people,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2004), para. 25
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- 8. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules, and to implement fully existing trade and cooperation agreements;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2007), para. 31
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- 10. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules, and to implement fully existing trade and cooperation agreements;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2008), para. 33
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- 10. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules, and to implement fully existing trade and cooperation agreements;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (2014), para. 20
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- 9. Requests, as called for by the Committee, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to report to the General Assembly on the economic costs of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (2016), para. 21
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- 9. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to compile a report to the General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 69/20 of 25 November 2014, on the economic costs of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people, and, while drawing attention to the alarmi ng findings, as reflected in the recent report on United Nations Conference on Trade and Development assistance to the Palestinian people: developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 7 calls for the exertion of all efforts for the provision of necessary resources to expedite completion of the report, including the facilitation and coordination of pertinent inputs from the relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United Nations system;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (2017), para. 22
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- 9. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to compile a report to the General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 69/20 of 25 November 2014, on the economic costs of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people, and, while drawing attention to the alarming findings, as reflected in the recent report on United Nations Conference on Trade and Development assistance to the Palestinian people: developments in the econo my of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 7 calls for the exertion of all efforts for the provision of necessary resources to expedite completion and publication of the report, including the facilitation and coordination of pertinent inputs from the relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United Nations system;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2013), para. 21
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- 12. Encourages cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the field of human rights, particularly through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights, including the rights of women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities, as well as the rights of migrant workers in accordance with national laws, regulations and policies of member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the principles contained in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (2014), para. 15
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- 12. Emphasize in this regard the need to establish appropriate measures for the protection of women migrant workers in all sectors, including those involved in domestic work;
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- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 067
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- 57. We will consider facilitating opportunities for safe, orderly and regular migration, including, as appropriate, employment creation, labour mobility at all skills levels, circular migration, family reunification and education -related opportunities. We will pay particular attention to the application of minimum labour standards for migrant workers regardless of their status, as well as to recruitment and other migration-related costs, remittance flows, transfers of skills and knowledge and the creation of employment opportunities for young people.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Youth
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 123
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- (c) Take measures to extend the finance lending schemes that exist for developing countries to middle-income countries hosting large numbers of refugees, bearing in mind the economic and social costs to those countries;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 145
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- (d) Facilitate the socioeconomic reintegration of returnees;
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 156
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- (b) Take measures to foster self-reliance by pledging to expand opportunities for refugees to access, as appropriate, education, health care and services, livelihood opportunities and labour markets, without discriminating among refugees and in a manner which also supports host communities;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 191
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- (k) Combating trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants and contemporary forms of slavery;
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Draft outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (2016), para. 197
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- (q) Protection of labour rights and a safe environment for migrant workers and those in precarious employment, protection of women migrant workers in all sectors and promotion of labour mobility, including circular migration;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
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Elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” (2003), para. 05
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- Reaffirming the obligations of all States to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enunciated in the Charter, and reaffirming also the obligations of States parties under international human rights instruments, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 9 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 9 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 10 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 11 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 12 the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 13 and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 14
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Facilitation and reduction of the cost of transfer of migrant remittances (2006), para. 07
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- Noting that, despite some recent initiatives to facilitate and to reduce the costs of remittance transfers, the costs incurred by migrants remain high and could be reduced,
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- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Facilitation and reduction of the cost of transfer of migrant remittances (2006), para. 09
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- 1. Reaffirms the importance of reducing the transfer costs of migrant remittances, facilitating their flow and, as appropriate, encouraging opportunities for development-oriented investment in recipient countries by beneficiaries that are willing and able to do so;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Financial inclusion for sustainable development (2018), para. 20
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- 10. Encourages Member States and all relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, in the context of a renewed and strengthened Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, led by Governments, to continue efforts to reduce the transaction costs of migrant remittances to less than 3 per cent by 2030 and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent by 2030, to support national authorities in addressing the most significant obstacles to the continued flow of remittances, such as the trend of banks withdrawing services, and to work towards access to remittance transfer services across borders;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
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Financial inclusion for sustainable development (2020), para. 21
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- 9. Acknowledges that, in the absence of strong financial consumer protection, the growth-enhancing benefits of expanded financial inclusion may be lost or severely undermined, and in this regard stresses the importance of scaled -up action to improve financial and digital literacy and effective consumer protection for the poorest and most vulnerable, including for women, young people, rural residents and migrants;
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- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
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