Global Migration Group (GMG)

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The Global Migration Group (GMG) is an inter-agency group, meeting at the level of Heads of agencies, which aims to promote the wider application of all relevant international and regional instruments and norms relating to migration, and the provision of more coherent and stronger leadership to improve the overall effectiveness of the United Nations and the international community's policy and operational response to the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration.

The GMG grew out of an existing inter-agency group, the “Geneva Migration Group”, which was established in April 2003 by the heads of ILO, IOM, OHCHR, UNCTAD, UNHCR and UNODC.  In early 2006 membership in the Geneva Migration Group was expanded to include DESA, UNDP, UNFPA and the World Bank.  The Group’s Terms of Reference were updated, and the Group was renamed the “Global Migration Group”. In November 2007, the GMG was further expanded to include the Regional Commissions, UNESCO, UNICEF and UNITAR.

The GMG meets at regular intervals.  The first meeting of the GMG since the expansion of its membership took place on 9 May 2006 and was chaired by UNCTAD in its capacity as the GMG’s rotating chair.  The GMG is developing a programme of work to focus its attention on priority migration issues that would benefit from more vigorous inter-agency consultation and collaboration. The GMG Chair for January - June 2010 is UNDP.

Members
ILO, IOM, the Regional Commissions, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-DESA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNODC, and World Bank.