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International Migrants Day, 18 December 2022

BOUEDRAO — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:59:00 +0000

Sunday, 18 December 2022 - 9:00am

On 4 December 2000, the General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December International Migrants Day (A/RES/55/93). On that day, in 1990, the Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (A/RES/45/158).

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International Migrants Day 2021: Harnessing the potential of human mobility

BOUEDRAO — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:19:00 +0000

Saturday, 18 December 2021 - 9:00am

Selected resources, Commission on Population and Development

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Observance of the International Day of Family Remittances 2021 - Recovery and resilience through digital and financial inclusion

DCULPEPP — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:13:00 +0000

Wednesday, 16 June 2021 - 10:15am

The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and is observed on 16 June. The IDFR recognizes more than 200 million migrant workers, women and men, who send money home to over 800 million family members. This day further highlights the great resilience of migrant workers in the face of economic insecurities, natural and climate related disasters and a global pandemic. The IDFR is now globally recognized and is a key initiative in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Objective 20), which urges the reduction of transfer costs and greater financial inclusion through remittances.

Informal interactive hearings with NGOs, civil society and the private sector for the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:38:00 +0000

Monday, 15 July 2013 - 10:00am

Office of the President of the General Assembly
Preparatory event for the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

Overview

The Informal Interactive Hearings
As part of the preparatory activities for the General Assembly High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development to be held 3 and 4 October 2013, the President of the General Assembly held a one-day informal interactive hearings with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations and the private sector at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 15 July 2013.
The objective of the informal interactive hearings is to provide an opportunity for NGOs, civil society organizations and the private sector to interact with Member States and to provide inputs for the High-level Dialogue.

Provisional programme

(as of 10 July 2013)

Wednesday, 15 July 2013

10:00 - 10:15

Opening remarks

Mr. H.E. Vuk Jeremić, President of the General Assembly
Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General
Rapporteur: Ms. Cathi Tactaquin, Executive Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Moderators: Ms. Susan Martin, Georgetown University and Mr. Dennis Sinyolo, Education International

10:15 - 10.50

Opening panel – looking back and beyond the HLD 2013

Mr. William Gois, HLD Civil Society Steering Committee, Regional Coordinator Migrant Forum in Asia. Civil Society’s 5-Year-Action Agenda for collaboration and change.

Mr. Gibril Faal, HLD Civil Society Steering Committee, Director GK Partners & Chairman African Foundation for Development (AFFORD). Migrants and diaspora; partners in development.

Mr. Ambet Yuson, Chairperson of the Council of Global Unions, General Secretary Building and Wood Workers International (BWI). Migration and decent work.

Mr. Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary-General or International Migration – by video conference. Looking back and moving forward: key achievements and expectations for the 2013 HLD and beyond.

10:50 - 11:55

Action theme 1 – Migrant labour and mobility

Ms. Erin Klett, Projects Manager, Verité. A private sector perspective on regulating the migrant labour recruitment industry.
Ms. Ana Avendaño, Director of Immigration and Community Action, AFL-CIO. A workers’ perspective on migrant labour mobility and the labour rights of migrants.
Mr. Randel K. Johnson, Senior Vice President, US Chamber of Commerce. An employers’ perspective on labour mobility, skills and rights.

Ms. Ellene Sana, Executive Director, Center for Migrant Advocacy. Recommendations from the regional consultations on labour mobility, rights and recruitment.

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

11:55 - 13:00

Action theme 2: Migrant rights and protection

Mr. Ignacio Packer, Secretary General Terre des Hommes. Protecting and empowering children in the context of mobility.
Ms. Milka Isinta, Chair of Pan African Network in Defense of Migrants Rights. Protecting and empowering women in the context of mobility.
Ms. Eva Sandis, Chair of the NGO Committee on Migration (CoNGO). Migrants in Crisis and Transit Situations.

Mr. Philippe Nanaga, Un Monde Avenir. Recommendations from the regional consultations on women, children and migrants in distress.

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

15:00 - 15:35

Youth perspectives; voices of change

Mr. Rishi Singh, Desis Rising up and Moving (DRUM), New York. The story of a migrant youth organizer.
Ms. Clariste Soh-Moube, Centre Amadou Hampâté Bâ (CAHBA), Mali, researcher, social activist and author of “The Trap”. The story of a migration journey.
Ms. Ola Orekunrin, Flying Doctors Nigeria. The story of a young migrant entrepreneur

15:35 - 16:40

Action theme 3: Human development, diaspora action

Mr. Oscar Chacon, Executive Director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC). Recommendations from the regional consultations on human development and diaspora action.

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

16:40 - 17:45

Action theme 4: Migration governance and partnerships

Mr. John K. Bingham, Head of Policy, International Catholic Migration Commission. Towards better international collaboration on migration in the next 5 years.
Ms. Isabel de Sola, Senior Knowledge Manager, World Economic Forum. A business case for multi-stakeholder partnerships and migration governance.
Ms. Claire Courteille, Equality Director, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Global Unions. Rights-based governance of migration.

Mr. Gastón Chillier, Executive Director, Center for Social and Legal Studies (CELS Argentina). Recommendations from the regional consultations on international mechanisms and national implementation, including enforcement policies and social protection.

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

17:45 – 18:00

Concluding session

Ms. Cathi Tactaquin, Rapporteur
Office of the President of the General Assembly

Statements

Opening remarks

Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General

Opening panel: Looking back and beyond the HLD 2013

Action theme 1: Migrant labour and mobility

Youth perspectives: Voices of change

Action theme 3: Human development, diaspora action

Action theme 4: Migration governance and partnerships

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Briefing for Member States on substantive reports in preparation for the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:05:00 +0000

Tuesday, 22 March 2016 - 3:00pm

Overview

The special theme for the forty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development, which will take place during 11-15 April 2016, will be “Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda”. In preparation for the Commission, this meeting will brief member states on the substantive reports.

Provisional Agenda

Opening remarks

Dr. Mwaba Patricia Kasese-Bota, Zambia

Presentations

General discussion

Closing Remarks

Dr. Mwaba Patricia Kasese-Bota, Zambia

Background Documents

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Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID)

NKOSHY — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:26:00 +0000

Thursday, 15 June 2017 - 11:00pm to Friday, 16 June 2017 - 6:00pm

Overview

This last Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID), held at the United Nations Headquarters on 15 and 16 June 2017, marks a decade of successful forums.

The Forum brought together key decision makers from member states, the private sector and the civil society, involved in the field of migration and remittances for development. The Forum saw the participation of over 350 participants, gather to share lessons learned and best practices on innovative business models, to stimulate long-lasting partnerships, and to raise awareness towards the creation of a more enabling market, particularly in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs.

Acknowledged by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and by Louise Arbour, UN Secretary General's Special Representative for International Migration, the GFRID is now seen as a key platform to raise awareness and promote models and mechanisms aimed at leveraging the impact of migration and remittances for development.

Organized by IFAD in collaboration with the World Bank and the United Nations Department Of Economic And Social Affairs (UN-DESA), the Forum coincided with the celebration of the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) on 16 June, in recognition of the fundamental contribution of migrants to the wellbeing of their families and communities back home.

The event provided a substantial contribution to the global debate on remittances and migrant investment, pursuing efforts to significantly decrease transfer costs, maximize their impact for development, and ultimately contribute to achieving the SDGs. The Forum conclusions would also feed the current process towards the adoption of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in 2018.

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First High-level Dialogue on international migration and development

BOUEDRAO — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:29:00 +0000

Thursday, 14 September 2006 - 8:30am to Friday, 15 September 2006 - 6:00pm

The first-ever plenary session of the UN General Assembly on migration issues opens 14 September at the United Nations in New York, with a focus on ways to maximize the development benefits of migration and to reduce difficulties.

“We are only beginning to learn how to make migration work more consistently for development,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report prepared in anticipation of the meeting. “Each of us holds a piece of the migration puzzle, but none has the whole picture. It is time to start putting it together.”

Conceived and scheduled more than two years ago by the General Assembly, the 14-15 September High-level Dialogue follows a period of intense public attention to the cross-border movement of people, and a quickening pace of multilateral talks on migration.

In addition to the plenary debate, the 14-15 September High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development brings ministers and delegates together in informal round table discussions on themes such as remittances (i.e., monies sent home by workers abroad); smuggling of migrant and trafficking in persons; and partnerships at the bilateral and regional levels.

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Informal thematic debate on international migration and development

NKOSHY — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:04:00 +0000

Thursday, 19 May 2011 - 9:00am

Overview

The President of the General Assembly will host a one-day Informal Thematic Debate on International Migration and Development ('the debate') at UN Headquarters in New York on 19 May 2011, pursuant to A/RES/63/225. The debate is intended to build on the on-going dialogue on international migration and development, and to contribute to the process leading to the second High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development to be held by the UN General Assembly in 2013.

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Concept note
Provisional programme
General Assembly resolution A/RES/63/225

Organization of work

Thursday, 19 May 2011
10:00 - 10:20	Opening remarks
	H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss President of the General Assembly
	H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General (TBC)
10:20 - 13:00	Panel one: The Contribution of migrants to development
	Chair: Mr. William Swing Director-General, International Organization for Migration
	Panelists:
	H.E. Ms. Lorena Escudero National Secretary for Migrants, Ecuador Mr. Driss El Yazami President, National Human Rights Council, Morocco Mr. Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie Co-Founder, Africa n Foundation for Development [AFFORD] and Consultant, Sierra Leone Mr. Goran Hultin Chief Executive Officer, Caden Corporation and Contributor to the Talent Mobility Project, World Economic Forum Professor John Connell Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney

15:00 - 17:40	Panel two: Improving international cooperation on migration and development
	Chair: Dr. Khalid Koser, Academic Dean and Head of the New Issues in Security Course, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
	Panelists:
	Ambassador Eduard Gnesa Special Ambassador for International Cooperation on Migration Issues, Switzerland, in his capacity as Head of Switzerland's Presidency of the Global Forum on Migration and Development H.E. Mr. Saqr Ghobash Minister of Labour United Arab Emirates (TBC) Mr. Anthony Lake UNICEF Executive Director, in his capacity as Chair of the Global Migration Group Ms. Thetis Mangahas Senior Migration Specialist and Deputy Regional Director, Policy and Programmes, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (TBC) Dr. Rafael Fernandez de Castro Founder and Chair, Department of International Studies, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

17:40 - 18:00	Summary by Sir Peter Sutherland, Secretary-General's Special Representative on International Migration and Development Closing remarks by the President of the General Assembly Summary

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Second High-level Dialogue on international migration and development

BOUEDRAO — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:31:00 +0000

Thursday, 03 October 2013 - 8:30am to Friday, 04 October 2013 - 6:00pm

Overview

In 2013, the number of international migrants worldwide reached 232 million. Migration can bring substantial benefits, but can also have negative consequences. Both developing and developed economies need migrants to meet the demand for workers with different levels of skills.

There is mounting evidence that, leveraged by the right policies, migrant and diaspora communities can significantly contribute to development in both origin and destination countries, through remittances, trade, investment, creation of enterprises, and transfer of technology, skills and knowledge. At the same time, there is concern that the emigration of skilled professionals may hinder the attainment of development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals, especially in small developing countries.

Many migrants are able to move, live and work in safety and dignity. Yet others are compelled to move as a result of poverty, a lack of decent work, human rights violations, armed conflict, persecution and environmental degradation. In the absence of regular migration opportunities, migrants resort to irregular migration channels. In their new homes, many migrants face exploitation, discrimination and xenophobia, while their contributions to the host society go largely unrecognized.

In brief, migration in the context of globalization brings opportunities and challenges, which need to be addressed in a comprehensive fashion. This is why the UN convened the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development from 3-4 October 2013 with an eight-point agenda for action on making migration work.

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