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UN Network on Migration and UNECE Host Review of GCM Implementation14 March 2024UN Network on Migration and UNECE Host Regional Review of GCM ImplementationGeneva - More than 280 Member State representatives, partners and stakeholders met Monday (11.03) in Geneva for the Regional Review of efforts to implement the guiding principles and 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region. Organized by the United Nations Network on Migration and the UNECE, and co-chaired by the Republic of Moldova and the government of Spain, the findings from the event, the first of five around the world, will inform the 2026 International Migration Review Forum. The Regional Review was held ahead of the Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (13-14 March) in response to the call for stronger linkages between the GCM and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Progress Declaration of the International Migration Review Forum.