UPSC Prelims 2023 – Question 90

Q 90. 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? 
 
(a) Only one 
(b) Only two 
(c) All three 
(d) None 

Correct Answer: Option (d) 

• 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. The pact was agreed by all 193 members, except the United States. But at the ceremony to adopt the text on 10 December, only 164 countries formally adopted it. Hence, statement 1 is not correct. 
• The global compact is non-legally binding. Hence, statement 2 is not correct. 
• The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration is the world’s first, intergovernmental negotiated agreement covering all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner. Hence, statement 3 is not correct. 

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