UNGA High-Level Meeting on Refugees and Migrants

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will convene a high-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, on 19 September 2016, immediately prior to the general debate of the 71st session. Per the UNGA resolution adopted on 22 December 2015 (A/70/L.34), the meeting will be convened within existing resources. The UNGA also requested the President to finalize organizational arrangenents for the meeting, including on a possible outcome, “through open, transparent and inclusive consultations with Member States;” the agreed modalities are outlined in this letter from the UNGA President: http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/HLM-on-addressing-large-movements-of-refugees-and-migrants-2-August-2016.pdf.