Towards a global compact on refugees: written contributions
To facilitate the broadest possible participation in the process leading to the global compact on refugees, United Nations Member States and all other stakeholders are welcome to submit written contributions to UNHCR for posting on this page.
Guidelines for those wishing to submit a written contribution are contained at the bottom of this page. UNHCR will welcome written contributions before, during and after the thematic discussions leading to the global compact on refugees.
Written contributions received
The views expressed in the below contributions remain those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNHCR or the United Nations.
All written contributions
- Statement of the World Evangelical Alliance to thematic discussion five, panel two 15 Dec 2017
- Gender Audit Report on the Fourth and Fifth Thematic Discussions on the Global Compact on Refugees 14 Dec 2017
- Gender Audit Report on the Fourth and Fifth Thematic Discussions on the Global Compact on Refugees (Summary) 14 Dec 2017
State contributions
International Organization contributions
- UNHCR Global Youth Advisory Council: Recommendations to the Programme of Action for the Global Compact on Refugees 12 Dec 2017
- Statement of the World Association of the Major Metropolises to the Global Compact on Refugees 1 Dec 2017
- OHCHR's Key Messages on Human Rights, Climate Change and Migration 20 Nov 2017
NGO contributions
- Statement of the World Evangelical Alliance to thematic discussion five, panel two 15 Dec 2017
- Statement of the International Refugee Assistance Project to thematic discussion four, panel two 14 Dec 2017
- Annex to Submission of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network to the tenth annual High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges on the theme of "Towards a global compact on refugees" 13 Dec 2017
Contributions by individuals
- Gender Audit Report on the Fourth and Fifth Thematic Discussions on the Global Compact on Refugees 14 Dec 2017
- Gender Audit Report on the Fourth and Fifth Thematic Discussions on the Global Compact on Refugees (Summary) 14 Dec 2017
- From the camps to the campus: university campuses as possible resettlement territories for non-student and non-academic refugees 10 Dec 2017
Contributions by topic
- Access to protection and non-refoulement
- Asylum
- Burden and responsibility sharing
- Children and youth
- Climate change and disaster displacement
- Cross-cutting issues
- CRRF/New York Declaration
- Disability
- Education
- Engaging and empowering refugees
- Global compact on refugees (general)
- Health
- High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges
- Humanitarian-development nexus
- Measures to be taken at the onset of a large movement of refugees
- Measures to be taken in pursuit of solutions
- Meeting needs and supporting communities
- Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Whole-of-society approach
- Women and girls
Guidelines for contributions
Anyone is welcome to submit a written contribution by email to refugeecompact@unhcr.org, preferably in PDF format, provided that the body of the email includes the following information:
- The title of the contribution. (If you envisage making multiple written contributions over the course of the thematic discussion and stocktaking processes leading to the global compact on refugees, we recommend that you choose a title for each contribution that reflects the session to which it applies and/or the topics that it addresses.)
- The name of the government(s), organization(s) and/or individual(s) to whom the written contribution may be attributed. Contributions from governments or organizations should be submitted using an official email address wherever possible.
- A statement to the effect that the government(s), organization(s) and/or individual(s) making the written contribution consent to it being posted online.
UNHCR reserves the right to decline to post any written contribution that does not comply with the above three requirements, that does not appear to have been authored by the individual or organization to whom it has been attributed, or that is not submitted in the spirit of UNHCR’s core values of integrity, professionalism and respect for diversity.