Lloyd Axworthy knows a lot more about the dynamics of diplomacy and international politics than I do, obviously. With respect to the work of the World Refugee Council, one of their mandates is to think outside the box about how to address global displacement crises. Again, we have the 1951 refugee convention. We have the 1967 protocols. We have the international refugee regime and UNHCR. The IOM joined the UN system this year. We have, for the first time in a very long time, the makings of a global governance regime for international mobility, which is something that hasn't existed, despite the fact that human mobility is one of the last issue areas that doesn't have a global regime. I think that's where we should focus our attention.
On November 29th, 2018. See this statement in context.