UPSC Prelims 2023 · Question 70 of 97

UPSC Prelims 2023 question on Global Compact Migration

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, all the countries of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever compact for international migration, the 'Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)'.
2. The objectives and commitments stated in the GCM are binding on the UN member countries.
3. The GCM addresses internal migration or internally displaced people also in its objectives and commitments.

How many of the above statements are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None
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Answer: D. None

Analysis

None of the statements are correct → Option (d) None.

Statement by statement

Statement 1 – INCORRECT: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is the first intergovernmental agreement adopted under the auspices of the United Nations to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner. It was adopted at an intergovernmental conference on migration in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 10 December 2018. At the ceremony to adopt the text, only 163 countries formally adopted it — NOT all countries. Further, countries like Austria were critical and refrained from adopting it in 2018.

Statement 2 – INCORRECT: The Global Compact for Migration is the first-ever UN global agreement on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions. The global compact is non-legally binding.

Statement 3 – INCORRECT: The GCM enumerates 23 objectives for State action. It addresses international migration — not internal migration or internally displaced people.

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