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Follow-up and Implementation: Mandates
MIGRATION: Remittances		MANDATES Afro Descendents Agriculture Agribusiness Food Security Rural Issues Sustainable Development Civil Society Cultural Diversity Cultural Preservation Development Social Cohesion Democracy Corruption Electoral Processes and Procedures Engagement in Democracy Good Governance Human Rights Political Parties Transparency Disaster Management Catastrophic Risk Insurance Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Early Warning Systems Technological Cooperation Education Early Childhood Education Gender Perspective Information Technology Investment in Education Literacy Primary Education Secondary Education Teaching Profession Tertiary Education Elderly Persons Energy Clean Energy Energy Efficiency Energy Production and Consumption Improved Access to Energy Renewable Energy Environment Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental Management Environmental Protection Natural Resources Management Pollution Sustainable Development Water Resources Gender Issues Civic Participation Economic Opportunity Gender Discrimination Gender Equity Gender Statistics Prevention of Violence against Women Health Accessible Health Services Child Health Communicable Diseases Disease Prevention HIV/AIDS Non-Communicable Diseases Nutrition Human Rights Adherence to International Agreements Discrimination and Racism Persons with Disabilities Strengthening inter-American Systems Women and Indigenous Rights Indigenous Peoples Infrastructure/Transportation Air Transport Environmental Sustainability Hazardous Waste Transport Maritime Transport Physical Integration Transportation JSWG Justice and Rule of Law Corruption Extradition Enforcement Independence of the Judiciary Property Rights Social Protection Transparency Labor Child Labor Decent Work Employment Forced Labor Labor Discrimination Labor Standards and Legislation Migrant Labor Workers Organizations Migration Labor Laws/Rights Migrant Human Rights Remittances Trafficking in Persons OAS Public and Private Coop. Public Management Decentralization Electronic Government Transparency Security Alternative Development to Illicit Cultivation Antipersonnel Mines Crime Drug Problem Money Laundering Organized Crime Prevention of Violence Public Policies Terrorism Trafficking in Arms Social Development Poverty Reduction Social Protection and Inclusion Sustainable Development Summits Follow-up Sustainable Eco. Growth Aid for Development Corporate Social Responsibility Economic Integration Finance Reform/Crises Poverty Reduction Private Sector Growth Social Equity and Inclusion Technology Hemispheric Connectivity ICT Expansion and Access Research and Development Telecommunications Trade Economic Integration Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Trade Agreements Trade Liberalization Trade Transparency Youth and Childhood Child Protection Child Rights Right to Formal Education
We call for an increase in inter-American cooperation and dialogue to reduce and discourage undocumented migration as well as to promote migration processes in accordance with the national legal system of each State and applicable international human rights law. We commit to dialogue in order to reduce the cost and facilitate remittances and to increase efforts to combat smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons, in keeping with international instruments of human rights; to provide for the dignified, orderly, and safe return of migrant, and to invite states to exchange best practices on establishing bilateral programs for migrant workers (Declaration of Mar del Plata, 2005). We recognize that remittances are an important source of capital in many countries of the Hemisphere. We commit to take concrete actions to promote the establishment, as soon as possible, of necessary conditions, in order to achieve the goal of reducing by at least half the regional average cost of these transfers no later than 2008 and report on progress achieved at the next Summit of the Americas in Argentina in 2005. We will adopt, as needed or appropriate, measures such as: the promotion of competition between the providers of these services, the elimination of regulatory obstacles and other restrictive measures that affect the cost of these transfers, as well as the use of new technologies, while maintaining effective financial oversight (Declaration of Nuevo León, 2004). Support initiatives designed to strengthen linkages among migrant communities abroad and their places of origin and promote cooperative mechanisms that simplify and speed up the transfer of migrant remittances and substantially reduce the costs of sending them; (Plan of Action Québec, 2001).
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