The UN Permanent Mission of Afghanistan and the UNHCR Office organized an informal exchange on the fourth round of formal consultations on the Global Compact on Refugees, following consultations that took place from 8-10 May 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland. Volker Türk, UNHCR Office, noted that there are “more and more” areas of convergence on the compact’s text. On references to the SDGs, some delegations observed a weakened emphasis in the second draft.