UPSC 2023: Consider the following statements: 1. Recently, all the countries of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever compact for international migration, the ‘Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)’. 2. The objectives and commitments stated in the GCM are binding on the UN member countries. 3. The GCM addresses internal migration or internally displaced people also in its objectives and commitments. How many of the above statements are correct?

1 is wrong because several UN members (e.g., the U.S., Hungary, Israel, Australia, etc.) did not adopt the GCM; only 152 voted in favour while others voted against/abstained. 2 is wrong because the Compact is expressly described as a voluntary, non-binding cooperative framework. 3 is wrong because the Compact deals only with INTERNATIONAL migration; issues of internal migration or internally displaced persons fall outside its scope. Hence, none of the three statements is correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Compact_for_Migration))