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93 EU policy for the period of 2018–2019 should contemplate serious action on commitments made by its Member States in the context of recent global compacts on migrants and refu- gees providing the foundation for the integral management of safe, orderly and regular migra- tion and greater co-responsibility between countries of origin, transit and destination of asylum seekers and refugees. The parameters of human mobility in the twenty-first century hinge to a great extent on multilateral accord. Mass migratory and refugee flows constitute one of the greatest challenges facing the international community today. The solution to this problem, which affects all mem- bers of United Nations, lies in closer cooperation between states, collective action and a more equitable sharing of the burden of responsibility for the welfare of displaced persons. On 19 September 2016, members of the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, 1 a landmark document intended to serve as a blueprint for improving international response to large flows of refugees and mi- grants and provisions for their sustained wel- fare. On 19 December 2018, the UN General Assembly formally endorsed the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, 2 an agreement frequently referred to as the Marrakesh Pact in the context of its previ- ous adoption by 164 UN member states during a special intergovernmental conference held in Marrakesh, Morocco on the 10th and 11th of the same month. The United States, Israel, Australia, Chile, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria did not sign onto the pact. The Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (referred to hereafter in this 1   https://www.acnur.org/5b4d0eee4.pdf 2   https://undocs.org/es/A/CONF.231/3 Global agreements on migration and refugees: challenges and proposals Paloma Favieres