Chapitre III - UNITAR

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The Berne Initiative process was launched by the Government of Switzerland
in 2001. In 2003, the Berne Initiative produced a study on international legal
norms and migration as well as a compilation of significant international
statements on migration. The International Agenda for Migration Management
is the next major product of the Berne Initiative and is designed to assist government
migration practitioners in developing effective measures for the management
of migration. It offers a non-binding yet comprehensive reference
system for dialogue, cooperation and capacity building at the national,
regional and global level.
The International Agenda for Migration Management represents views of
States throughout the world. Its main elements – common understandings and
effective practices – have been developed in a process of consultations among
States from all regions, fully respecting their sovereignty in the field, and with
other stakeholders in migration.
Further information and documentation on the Berne Initiative are available
in English, French and Spanish at the website of the Swiss Federal Office for
Migration www.bfm.admin.ch and at the website of the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) www.iom.int/berneinitiative.
IOM’s Migration Policy, Research and Communications Department (MPRC)
serves as Secretariat for the Berne Initiative.