Ulaanbaatar - The first quarterly meeting of the UN Network on Migration (UNNM) in Mongolia was organized on 16 May 2024.

The Network Coordinator IOM called the first quarterly meeting in the event of the launch of Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) evaluation in Mongolia. The MGIs aim to help governments, upon request, take stock of their migration policies and strategies to identify good practices and areas with potential for further development. The MGIs open dialogues with governments and other relevant stakeholders to identify priorities on the way forward. With a focus on government ownership of the process, the MGIs offer support at the national and local levels to gradually improve migration management systems.

Based on the request by the Government in Mongolia, the MGIs have been conducted in Mongolia in close coordination between the Government and IOM HQ and Mongolia Country Office. The development of the MGI process for Mongolia was a collaborative effort involving numerous State and non-State actors, institutions, and individuals.

About the UN Network on Migration (UNNM) in Mongolia

On 19 December 2018, 152 United Nations Member States endorsed the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) at the General Assembly (General Assembly resolution 73/195). The adoption and endorsement of the Global Compact marks the first time that Member States have committed, within the auspices of the United Nations, to a comprehensive, 360-degree vision of international migration, grounded on international law, that turns their international commitments, through its 23 objectives, into concrete action to enhance international cooperation on all aspects of international migration.

Mongolia is one of the 163 countries that endorsed the GCM and thus committed to its implementation. As a follow-up to the adoption of the GCM, at the global level the United Nations established the United Nations Network on Migration to ensure effective, timely and coordinated system-wide support to Member States on migration as they respond to the GCM.

To support the UN's initiatives at the national level, the UN Network for Migration in Mongolia was established with the overall objective of fostering a mutual understanding of migration dynamics in Mongolia through information exchange, contributing to the improved coordination within the UN system and the Government of Mongolia on migration-related issues, and strengthening national ownership of the GCM implementation and the protection of the human rights of migrants in Mongolia.

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Please access the full report on MGIs here: migration-governance-indicators-profile-mongolia.pdf (iom.int)