At a time when multilateralism is under threat, our commitment and partnership is more necessary than ever, said the president of the United Nations General Assembly, Miroslav Lajcak and urged closer cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in the process towards a Global Compact on Migration.

Such a principle of unity applies in particular to migration, because the process to adopt a global agreement in this regard will have an impact on the credibility of the entire multilateral system, he added.

According to Lajcak, the General Assembly and the IPU are working for the same purpose: to solve global problems through dialogue and cooperation. Although they are different in their structure because one brings together diplomats and the other, parliamentarians, he said.

But both have many things in common, they defend human rights, advocate sustainable and inclusive development, and play a crucial role in forging the first integrated response on migration, he stressed.

Migration, he pointed out, is a tangible reality at any latitude, it is an everyday action, that is why the necessity to launch a global system that allows to address the phenomenon.

According to Prensa Latina, until today the response in this regard was limited to national approaches and such measures have not worked. In September 2016, the member states of the UN agreed on the need to take another path, he explained.

According to Lajcak, parliamentarians can play a very important role in the process of adopting the agreement by contributing the perspectives and opinions of ordinary people.

You are in the field, talking to people, observing the best practices, listening to ideas, living the experience firsthand and all this will enrich the discussions, observed the Slovak diploma

In addition, he added, parliamentarians will also allow feedback, to know what people think about the pact and how it works.

"It is not a secret that we need a stronger link between the United Nations and the people for whom it works. This building cannot become a bubble. We cannot just discuss ideas, without considering the realities; we cannot talk about the theories and ignore the practices.

In that sense, Lajcak warned, the process to adopt a global pact on migration cannot be an academic exercise or derive in a mechanism that only works on paper.

We must maintain a strong focus on people, strive for a pragmatic and effective agreement, possible to carry out on the ground, he insisted.

According to the UN calendar, the Global Pact for Secure, Ordered and Regular Migration could be adopted in Morocco in December of this year, and negotiations began this week at the headquarters of the multilateral organization in New York

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