The Global Compact on Refugees is an international agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, that provides a framework to improve the worldwide response to the needs of refugees.
[1] Governments make pledges under the compact at the Global Refugee Forum regular meeting.
[2] The United Nations General Assembly affirmed the compact (resolution A/RES/73/151)[3] on 17 December 2018.
[5] The agreement of the compact was described by Filippo Grandi as the most pivotal moment he had witnessed in his 34 years of working with refugees.
[5] Louise Arbour, the United Nations Special Representative for International Migration, described the international agreement as "wonderful", "historic" and "a great achievement for multilateralism.