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Date Shared: 
Monday, November 6, 2017 - 14:54
Title: 

Regional Conference on Migration

Countries and areas: 
Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States
Thematic Area: 
Policy coherence and mainstreaming
Tags: 
Regional Consultative Processes and International Regional Fora
Summary: 

The Regional Conference on Migration (RCM or Puebla Process) is a multilateral regional forum on international migration which involves countries that, from different perspectives, share a common problem, based on experiences relating situations of origin, transit and destination for migration. 

RCM member countries includes Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic. 

Together with the member countries, the RCM also includes countries that have observer status, which are: Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica and Peru. 

In addition, the RCM has the following regional and international observer organizations: Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations / Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (ECLAC / CELADE), Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants of the United Nations Organization, the Secretary General of Ibero-American Conference (SEGIB) the Central American Integration System (SICA), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The role of international organizations in the RCM is to support the implementation of some projects that governments identify, provide information on the status of the situation of interest issues; provide technical advice and recommendations on specific aspects.

As a way of strengthening the dialogue between the RCM and civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) a  “Regional Network of Civil Organizations on Migration” (RNCOM) was formed.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2017 - Berlin Summit - RT 1.1 "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence"

Link: 

For more information: 

  • http://www.rcmvs.org/
  • http://www.rcmvs.org/Acerca_de/Brochure%20de%20la%20CRM%20-%20Ingles%20-...

Source (retrieved on 04/13/2026 - 18:45): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/5829