Harnessing Opportunities for Development

GMG Symposium

Migration and Youth: Harnessing

Opportunities for Development

ANNEXES

17 – 18 MAY 2011, NEW YORK, NY

www.globalmigrationgroup.org

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CONTENTS

ANNEX 1 - SYMPOSIUM CONCEPT NOTE ........................................................................................................ 2

ANNEX 2 - GMG SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME ............................................................................................... 10

ANNEX 3 - LIST OF GMG SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS .................................................................................. 18

ANNEX 4 - SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ............................................................................................................... 34

ANNEX 5 - MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH MIGRANTS ................................ 56

ANNEX 6 - BRIEFING NOTE GUIDELINES ....................................................................................................... 59

ANNEX 7 - GMG STATEMENT AT THE GA INFORMAL DEBATE ..................................................................... 60

ANNEX 8 - MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: PRIORITIES FOR ACTION .. 66

ANNEX 9 - ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: FIGURES AND FACTS ...................... 68

ANNEX 10 - EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE.................................................................................................. 69

ANNEX 11 - OVERVIEW OF EVALUATION SURVEY RESPONSES .................................................................... 72


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ANNEX 1 - SYMPOSIUM CONCEPT NOTE

Global Migration Group (GMG) Symposium

“Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development”

17 – 18 May 2011, New York

Concept Note

1. Introduction

UNICEF as the current chair of the Global Migration Group (GMG) together with the other 15 Member

Agencies1 will be hosting a two-day Symposium “Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for

Development” 2 in New York City on 17 – 18 May 2011. The Symposium is planned to coincide with the

UN General Assembly informal thematic debate on international migration and development (GA

Informal Debate) due to take place on 19 May 2011.

The Symposium will bring together a wide range of experts and practitioners to present future trends,

discuss current knowledge, highlight existing gaps, and share good practices on how to increase

migration’s positive impacts and minimize its negative impacts on the development prospects of youth.

It is expected that participants will produce a set of key policy action messages that can evolve into a

road map for development practitioners, governments, academics, civil society partners and the

international community for the next five years. Additionally, the Symposium will allow the GMG to

provide a set of coherent, human rights-based policy messages and outcomes for Member State

delegations at the GA Informal Debate.

2. Background

Migration is both a cause and effect of development; it has significant consequences on migrants, their

families and on their communities of origin, transit and destination. While more data and research on

the relationship between migration and development has become available in the recent past,

1 ILO, IOM, OHCHR, UNCTAD, UN/DESA, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNODC, UN Regional Commissions, UN Women, World Bank, and WHO.

2 Youth is defined by the United Nations as the age between 15 and 24 (United Nations, General Assembly Resolution 50/81 of 13 March 1996,

“The World Programme of Action for Youth in the Year 2000 and Beyond”, A/RES/50/81). UN agencies, such as the World Health Organization

(WHO) (http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/OVERVIEW/AHD/adh_over.htm), the United Nations’ Children Fund (UNICEF)

(http://www.unicef.org/adolescence/), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) (http://www.unfpa.org/adolescents/about.htm)

define adolescents as boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 19.


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migration’s medium and long-term developmental impacts to ensure opportunities for youth within an

equitable, gender and rights-based approach are still unexplored. Some of the unanswered questions

include: how can migration contribute to creating opportunities in terms of human capital formation,

poverty reduction and increased standards of living for youth? Does migration reduce the inequality of

opportunities in receiving societies?

Poverty, lack of development and unemployment in countries of origin, as well as discrimination and

social exclusion in countries of transit and destination, remain major challenges for the full realization of

the rights and capabilities of youth affected by migration. It is only when these challenges are

adequately addressed that the positive impacts of migration can be fully harnessed. Furthermore, the

dynamic nature of migration makes international cooperation an indispensable prerequisite to achieving

this goal, including by enhancing institutional capacities.

3. Thematic Focus

The overarching theme for the 2011 GMG Symposium will be “Migration and Youth: Harnessing

Opportunities for Development.” By sharing relevant knowledge and expertise, the Symposium will

facilitate an examination of the impacts of migration on the human development of youth from a

multidimensional perspective, and highlight the contributions made by young migrants to development.

These issues will be addressed from a gender and rights perspective; particular emphasis will be given to

South-South migration flows.

In particular, the Symposium will emphasize the importance of cooperation and coordination for

harnessing opportunities and addressing the challenges created by migration for youth in countries of

origin, transit and destination. Addressing inequalities of opportunity for youth in countries of origin is

critical for making migration a choice rather than a necessity, which will prevent further irregular

migration, trafficking and labour exploitation. Furthermore, greater equality of opportunity and

protection of human rights in host and sending communities can ensure the wellbeing of young

migrants and maximize their contributions as workers, entrepreneurs, students and members of society.

Within this overarching focus, the Symposium will be divided into two day-long discussions that mirror

the two themes of the GA Informal Debate, with a special emphasis on youth:

International Cooperation on International Migration – the Youth Dimension

- Plenary Session 1: Globalization, Cooperation and Youth: Newly Emerging Trends - Roundtable 1.1: Enhancing Development through International Cooperation – Addressing the Root

Causes of Migration - Roundtable 1.2: Cooperation – the Key to an Effective Policy Response to Global Environmental

Change, Migration and Youth

Enhancing the Contributions of Migrants to Development from a Youth Perspective

- Plenary Session 2: Strategies for Enhancing the Contributions of Young Migrants to Development - Roundtable 2.1: Supporting the Social Integration of Young Migrants – A Gender and Human Rights

Perspective


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- Roundtable 2.2: Enhancing the Contributions of Young Migrants through Labour Mobility and Employment

- Plenary Session 3: Leveraging the Beneficial Impact of Migration on Youth in Countries of Origin

4. Expected Outcomes

The Symposium will showcase evidence-based research and analysis on migration’s impact on the

development prospects of youth, with a view to preparing relevant stakeholders for the GA Informal

Debate.

By the end of the Symposium, the GMG will aim to provide a set of coherent, human rights-based policy

messages and outcomes for Member State delegations participating in the GA Informal Debate. The

main conclusions and recommendations of the Symposium will feed into the GMG Joint Statement to be

delivered at the GA Informal Debate on 19 May 2011.

Several other products are envisaged:

1. Briefing papers produced by clusters of GMG agencies in advance;

2. A GMG Symposium report with a compilation of recommendations emerging from the discussions;

3. Inputs for a roadmap for future action by the GMG that will be further elaborated by the GMG during 2011.

These products will also support a common GMG advocacy platform for key milestone meetings, such as

the GFMD 2011, LDC-IV Conference, Rio+10, and the World Youth Conference.

5. Participation

The organizers will bring together a number of engaging speakers and experts from different regions

that can bring fresh perspectives and provide policy insights based on local and national experiences.

These include representatives from Member States, UN/international organizations, civil society,

academic institutions, the private sector, and youth.

Participants will be selected in coordination and consultation with GMG agencies based on their

practical expertise on the topics addressed. The Symposium will aim to foster a fruitful dialogue with

civil society representatives, reflecting the trend of progressive improvement of civil society and

government interaction in the GFMD meetings.

The GMG will make a special effort to ensure and facilitate broad and geographical diverse

representation at the Symposium from civil society and grassroots movements, which will contribute

with their knowledge, expertise, energy, ideas, resources, and solutions. Particular consideration will be

given to organizations from developing countries that face resource constraints, so as to ensure their

active involvement in the migration and development dialogue.

Despite being major stakeholders in migration, youth have thus far been largely absent in the debate.

Therefore several youth delegates will be invited to participate in the GMG Symposium. Prior to the


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closing session, a panel discussion will enable the youth delegates to share their views and observations.

6. Organization

A high-level panel composed of the GMG Chair, GMG Principals, the Special Representative of the

Secretary-General for Migration and Development, the Swiss Chair of the GFMD, and a civil society

representative will open the Symposium.

In the plenary sessions, panelists will outline priority areas for discussion, set out the latest research,

and highlight key knowledge gaps. In addition, parallel roundtables will be held on each day to provide

the necessary space and time to share practical approaches. Briefing papers will be prepared in advance

on each of the topics to be addressed in the sessions described in Annex 3.

Each roundtable will be moderated by a facilitator, accompanied by a rapporteur, and will feature three

input presentations, followed by a discussion. The discussion will be structured by a facilitator using pre-

determined questions, with the objective of producing recommendations. Following the roundtable

discussions, a reporting session will take place to present the outcomes and recommendations.

The Symposium will be closed by another high-level panel composed of the GMG Chair, GMG

Principals, the President of the General Assembly, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General

for Migration and Development, and the Swiss and Mexican Chair of the GFMD, and a civil society

representative.

Annex 1 to the Concept Note

Background Note

Over the past decades, there has been growing interest in the interdependence between migration and

development as well as on its economic, social and political impacts in both sending and receiving

societies. While there have been numerous attempts to consolidate the increasingly complex theoretical

and empirical efforts to understand the relationship between migration and development, academic

and policy work largely suggests that migration is simultaneously an important cause and effect of

development in countries of origin, transit and destination.

While more data and research on the relationship between migration and development and on

migration’s gender dimensions has become available in the recent past, migration’s medium and long-

term developmental impacts on the evolving potentials of youth remain underexplored.

Where do we want to go?

Migration’s positive impacts on development can only be realized through opportunity-enhancing

policies, which in turn require understanding the key role that the fulfillment of human rights play in


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both sending and receiving countries.

Is migration contributing to create equal opportunities and providing adequate living standards for

youth in host countries? Are current public policies at national, regional, and global level making

migration a necessity rather a choice? What basic or minimum set of national and local policies need to

be in place for human development to improve current and future migrants’ contribution to

development and reduce risks and challenges that both migrants and countries face?

The proposed thematic focus aims at actively confronting these issues and bring greater attention to the

next generation, that is, to youth issues within the discussion on international migration, particularly in

light of the current International Year of Youth (12 Aug 2010 – 11 Aug 2011). Furthermore, special

consideration will be paid to identifying the practical and common policy spaces in which international

cooperation within agencies and governments can be substantially and practically increased. The goal in

fostering such cooperation will be to improve the capacity of stakeholders in terms of data collection,

analysis, evidence-based policy advocacy, and dissemination of best practices.

In this context, the GMG Symposium will aim to maintain the momentum created within the GMG under

previous chairs and complement the recommendations expressed at the GFMD IV in terms of

positioning the debate within PRSPs and mainstreaming migration into development policies centering

medium and long-term developmental strategies into ensuring the next generation’s opportunities from

a rights-based and sustainable development perspective.

In particular, the thematic focus emphasizes the need to increase the knowledge on medium and long-

term developmental impacts of migration on the creation of opportunities for youth in destination

countries. Incorporating a gender focus to the analysis of migration will contribute to understanding

migration trajectories and social impacts on vulnerable youth, and to the process of policy design, for

enhancing the developmental impacts of migration.

Why?

The paucity of research on how international migration shapes the next generation’s socioeconomic

opportunities from a rights-based and gender approach severely constraints the endeavors of

policymakers at local, national and regional levels to design and implement evidence-based policies in

order to maximize the positive effects of migration, while minimizing its negative impacts on families,

communities of origin, transit, and destination in both the short and long-run.

Migrants’ contributions to development depend not only on their individual-level characteristics but

also on countries’ developmental stage, on their developmental objectives, as well as on their

institutional capacities to internalize and channel whatever opportunities are produced by international

migration and on the degree and depth of international co-operation on migration and development.

The dynamic nature of migration makes international co-operation an indispensable prerequisite to

maximize migrants’ contributions to development as well as enhancing countries’ institutional capacities


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to enhance migration’s medium and long-term developmental impacts for future generations. In

addition, a rights-based approach to public policies on both migration and development is a paramount

condition for addressing challenges emerged from international migration in countries of origin, transit,

and destination. As well as ensuring rights of people in sending countries is critical for making migration

a choice and preventing irregular migration, trafficking and other unintended consequences, fulfilling

rights with no discrimination in receiving countries is an essential step for improving social integration

and their contribution to development.

Focusing on the next generation, as the underlying theme of the symposium allows stakeholders to

share a common policy issue/space to develop joint strategies in terms of data collection, analysis and

dissemination in order to highlight and share good practices and lessons learned in maximizing the

impact of migration on development, as well as the impact of development on migration, to ensure the

next generation’s full developmental potentials. In this regard, it is important to evaluate the impact of

development policies on the rights of youth in countries of origin (both in their condition of future

migrants and left behind by their parents); as well as the impact of migration policies on the rights of

youth in transit and destination countries; that is, their capacity to contribute to development.

Annex 2 to the Concept Note

The role of civil society at the GMG Symposium

Introduction

The Global Migration Group (GMG) Symposium will bring together experts and practitioners on

migration and development – including UN agencies, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),

governments, academic experts and civil society – to advance partnerships and share good practices.

The GMG Symposium Concept Note sets out several avenues through which to achieve these goals.

Plenary sessions and roundtables will be comprised of balanced groups of stakeholders, including civil

society. Civil society should not be regarded as a disconnected sector, but rather as a key actor in the

migration-development debate. It is critical that the GMG support the trend of progressive

improvement of civil society and governmental interaction within the GMG framework. Thus, the GMG

will make a special effort to ensure broad and diverse representation from civil society at the

Symposium and facilitate the attendance of representatives from developing countries wherever

possible. The Symposium will be enriched by the contributions of civil society representatives who will

bring their knowledge, expertise, energy, ideas, resources, and solutions.

Civil society participation should include: migrant and diaspora organizations, grassroots movements,

human rights organizations working on migrant issues, development organizations, women groups,

indigenous organizations, trade unions, and others.


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Synergies between the Symposium and the GA Informal Debate

The GMG Symposium will take place on 17-18 May 2011, immediately before the UN General Assembly

Informal Debate on International Migration and Development (GA Informal Debate) on 19 May 2011.

GMG Agencies have been asked by the Office of the President of the General Assembly to encourage

civil society partners to attend the GA Informal Debate. The Symposium has been timed to allow the

GMG, civil society and Member States to substantively prepare for the GA Informal Debate.

Furthermore, the effort on the part of the GMG to facilitate the contribution of civil society in the

Symposium will result in a more geographically balanced civil society representation in the GA Informal

Debate as well.

Symposium Organization and Civil Society Participation

As mentioned in the Concept Note, the Symposium will feature three plenary sessions, as well as four

parallel roundtables that will provide the necessary time and space to address several priority areas as

well as to incorporate and embrace diverse stakeholder voices.

Plenary sessions

- Three panellists—one each from a GMG Agency, government and civil society—will present the topics for discussion.

- Two panellists will then serve as rapporteurs at the parallel roundtables.

Roundtables

- Each parallel roundtable session will feature three 10-minute input presentations highlighting knowledge, initiatives and good practices.

- Presenters will be selected based on their expertise on the topics addressed. One or two of the presenters at each roundtable session will be a civil society representative, including at least one from a grassroots movement.

- The presentations will be followed by a discussion and the identification of key points and recommendations. These discussions will be led by an expert facilitator using a set of pre-determined questions provided to participants.

- The facilitator will be accompanied by the Rapporteur who will be in charge of sharing the outcomes of the discussion and any recommendations at the Reporting session.

GMG Commitment to Support Broad and Diverse Representation from Civil Society at the Symposium

In order to foster a fruitful dialogue with civil society representatives and support the trend of

progressive improvement of civil society and government interaction of the last GFMD dialogues, the

Chair proposes that GMG agencies, collectively and individually, support civil society representation at

the Symposium.


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Specifically, the Chair encourages each GMG agency to support the attendance of at least one civil

society representative or academic expert. This way the GMG will be able to support the participation of

at least 16 civil society representatives/academic experts.

As a fundamental condition for achieving a fruitful and participatory dialogue, the GMG will:

- Ensure broad and diverse geographical representation from civil society, including grassroots groups;

- Support the attendance of representatives of civil society from developing countries; and

- Ensure the active involvement of civil society representatives in the Symposium.

Youth Participation

Given that the Symposium is focused on youth, the Chair envisions several ways in which youth voices

can be incorporated in the debate.

Youth delegates will be invited to participate in the GMG Symposium. At the end of the first day, a panel

discussion will enable six youth delegates to share their views, observations and recommendations. This

session will be moderated by a facilitator.

Other ways to facilitate broader participation of civil society

In addition to the modalities for civil society participation set out above, the Symposium will offer

additional opportunities to ensure civil society involvement, including a live webcast – a video streaming

of the Plenary and Reporting Sessions on the web, which will allow a much wider audience to follow the

deliberations at the Symposium. In addition, participants joining the webcast could participate with live

questions and comments.


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ANNEX 2 – GMG SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME


“Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development”

17 – 18 May 2011, New York

Day 1: Tuesday, 17 May 2011

9:00 – 10:00 Opening Session: Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development Chair: Mr. Richard Morgan

Director for Policy and Practice, UNICEF Welcome

Opening remarks: Mr. Anthony Lake Executive Director, UNICEF and GMG Chair Opening remarks: Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development

Presentations: Ms. Purnima Mane Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA The human face of migration – Stories of migrant girls

Ms. Lakshmi Puri Deputy Executive Director, UN Women Migration and Youth from the Gender Perspective

Ms. Beata Godenzi Head, Global Programme Migration, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Global Partnerships for Youth and Migration

Mr. John Bingham Civil Society Coordinator and Representative at the 2011 GFMD Migration and Youth – A Civil Society Perspective

10:00 – 10:30 Introduction to the Symposium Chair: Ms. Piero Bonadeo Deputy Chief, New York Office, UNODC

Presentations: H. E. Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez

Secretary of External Relations of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Member of UNITAR Board of Trustees Migration and Youth from a South-South Perspective

Ms. Marta Santos Pais Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children Migration, Youth, Exploitation and Human Rights

Dr. Dilip Ratha Lead Economist and Manager, Migration and Remittances Unit, The World Bank Diaspora Youth, Remittances and Knowledge Transfer

Mr. Antoine Pécoud Migration Specialist, International Migration Section, UNESCO


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10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Session 1: Globalization, Cooperation and Youth: Newly Emerging Trends Session objective: Assess current and future global migration trends, their youth dimension and the role of international cooperation. This session will assess the composition of current and future global migration flows with an emphasis on youth, highlighting concrete challenges for international cooperation to enhance the benefits and mitigate the risks of migration in order to increase the evidence-base for policy-making. Chair: Dr. Hania Zlotnik Director, Population Division, UN DESA Presenters: Dr. Dilip Ratha Lead Economist, and Manager, Migration and Remittances Unit, The World Bank Leveraging Migration, and Remittances for Development

Dr. Sabine Henning and Mr. Pablo Lattes Population Division, UNDESA International migration in a globalizing world: The role of youth

Respondent: Dr. Ann Pawliczko Senior Project Advisor, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA Discussion

12:30 – 13:45 Lunch


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13:45 – 15:45

Parallel Roundtables on International Cooperation Roundtable 1.1: Enhancing Development through International Cooperation on Migration

Roundtable objective: Appraise how international cooperation can enhance human development in countries of origin and the implications for the root causes of migration. - In what ways can international cooperation contribute to ensuring migration out of choice,

rather than out of necessity? - In what concrete ways can international cooperation on capacity building enhance the

evidence-base for policy-making?

- Through what mechanisms can multi-level cooperation on migration be fostered and

strengthened, taking into account the distinctiveness between migratory systems including

South-South and South-North?

- Mechanisms to foster and strengthen multi-level cooperation on migration, taking into

account the distinctiveness between migratory systems including South-South and South-

North

Chair: Dr. Paulo M. Saad Chief, Population and Development Area, Population Division, ECLAC Presentations:

Ms. Michele Klein Solomon Permanent Observer to the UN, IOM

H.E. Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations Dr. Khalid Koser

Academic Dean and Head of the New Issues in Security Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy Discussion and Exchange


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13:45 – 15:45 Roundtable 1.2: Cooperation – the Key to an Effective Policy Response to Global Environmental Change, Migration and Youth Roundtable objective: Understand the challenges for international cooperation with regard to youth migration in the context of environmental change. - What is the impact of environmental change on the key drivers of migration affecting youth?

- How can international cooperation ensure food security and opportunities in countries

affected by environmental change?

- How to design a medium and long-term research agenda to ensure decent entry, living and

working standards and integration for youth affected by environmental change, from a

human rights and gender perspective?

Chair: Mr. Antoine Pécoud Migration Specialist, International Migration Section, UNESCO

Presentations: Mr. Shahidul Haque Director, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM Environmental migration: challenges and responses Dr. Susana B. Adamo Associate research scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University Dr. José Miguel Guzmán Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA Dr. Deborah Balk Associate Director, Institute for Demographic Research, City University of New York Ms. Sue Le Mesurier Senior Officer Migration, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Youth on the move: Taking up the challenge of environmental change and migration

from a youth perspective

Discussion and Exchange


16:15 – 17:00 Reporting Session The rapporteurs from the roundtable discussions will provide a summary of key outcomes and recommendations. Rapporteur from Roundtable 1.1

Ms. Mary Jo Toll NGO Committee on Migration/ Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Rapporteur from Roundtable 1.2 Dr. Colleen Thouez Senior research and training adviser, UNITAR Discussion


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17:00 – 18:00 Session 2: Youth Migration from a Youth Perspective In an interactive panel discussion, youth delegates will share their experiences, good practices and recommendations. This gives them an opportunity to influence the policy dialogue on migration of adolescents and youth. Further, it exemplifies adolescents and youth as social agents in their communities. Moderator: Mr. Ravi Karkara Specialist, Child and Adolescent Participation, Adolescent Development and Participation, UNICEF Discussants:

Ms. Jenny Kai Mr. David Burgoa Mr. Jong-Min Ms. Melissa Garcia Velez Mr. Ivan Torafing

18:00 – 18:30 Summary of Day 1 Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez

Secretary of External Relations of the Organization of American States and Member of UNITAR Board of Trustees

Day 2: Wednesday, 18 May 2011

9:00 – 10:30 Session 3: Enhancing the Contributions of Young Migrants to Development Session Objective: Discuss strategies to enhance the contributions of young migrants to development. The second plenary session will focus on emphasizing some of the strategies to enhance the contribution of migrants to development in countries of origin, transit and destination. This session in particular will highlight (1) the role that the fulfillment of human rights of youth plays in countries’ developmental processes as well as (2) how labour mobility and other migration of young people can be used to help achieve the developmental targets set by the MDGs. Chair and Respondent:

Dr. Jean D’Cunha Global Migration Adviser, UN Women

Presentations: H.E. Mr. Claude Heller Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Ms. Anke Strauss Deputy Permanent Observer to the UN, IOM Ms. Carol Barton United Methodist Women

Respondent Ms. Eva Richter

NGO Committee on Migration/International Federation of Business and Professional Women Discussion


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10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:45

Session 4: Enhancing the Well-being and Human Rights of Migrants in Support of Development Session Objectives: (a) Appraise how strategies to protect the human rights and well-being of young migrants can enhance social and economic integration and the achievement of development goals, (b) examine how labour migration can benefit young migrants in the area of skills gains and employability, (c) discuss how to protect young migrant workers and ensure that the migration of children and youth is successful and does not lead to exploitation. Chair: Ms. Mina Mashayekhi Officer-in-Charge, International Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities

Division, UNCTAD Presenters: Dr. Pablo Ceriani Coordinator, Human Rights Centre, National University of Lanús, Argentina Mr. Paul Legendre Director, Fighting Discrimination Program, Human Rights First Combating xenophobia and racism against migrants

Dr. David Ingleby Professor of Intercultural Psychology, European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Young migrants and their right to health Ms. Claire Courteille Director, Equality Department, International Trade Union Confederation Effects of employment conditions and social and labour rights on the

mobility of young people

Ms. Thetis Mangahas Senior Migration Specialist and Deputy Regional Director ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Respondent: Ms. Jacqueline Weekers Senior Migrant Health Officer, WHO Discussion

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch


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14:00 – 15:00 Session 5: Enhancing Cooperation on the Protection of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Youth Session Objectives: (a) Appraise the situation of unaccompanied migrant children and youth prior to departure, in transit and in destination, and the complex and intertwining elements of challenges encountered by them, (b) examine existing international treaties, obligations, standards and norms and their applications, (c) identify various policy and programming responses and the gaps in meeting the above standards. Chair: Ms. Kendra Gregson Senior Advisor, Child Protection Section, UNICEF Presentations:

Ms. Anne-Christine Eriksson Deputy Director, UNHCR Liaison in New York Ms. Ana Fonseca Senior Specialist, Migrant Assistance Division, IOM Mr. Olivier Feneyrol Mobility and Child Protection Expert, Terre des Hommes, Djibouti

Discussion

15:00 – 16:20 Session 6: Leveraging the Beneficial Impact of Migration on Youth in Countries of Origin Session Objective: Evaluate in what ways youth in countries of origin are affected by migration and how to maximize the positive and minimize the negative impacts. This session addresses the question how the beneficial impacts of migration can be enhanced and the potential negative effects minimized with regard to the young population in the countries of origin. It will be assessed (1) how to cope with the social and economic challenges for children of migrants remaining in countries of origin (youth left behind), as well as (2) how to leverage the beneficial effects of remittances and other migration-related contributions on education, health and employment for youth in the country of origin. Chair: Dr. Ann Pawliczko Senior Project Advisor, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA


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Presenters: H.E. Ambassador Carlos Enrique Garcia Gonzalez Deputy Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the UN Dr. Jeronimo Cortina Center for Public Policy, University of Houston

Beyond the money: The Impact of International Migration on Children's Life

Satisfaction - Evidence from Ecuador and Albania

Dr. Rosalía Cortés Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso), Buenos Aires, Argentina/UNICEF Impact of migration on adolescents left behind

Ms. Mary Jo Toll NGO Committee on Migration/ Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Views from the file on how do children deal with a missing parent, or a broken family

due to migration? Respondent: Dr. Jérôme Elie

Researcher and Coordinator of Activities, Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Graduate Institute, Geneva

Discussion


16:45 – 17:10 Summary of Day 2: Dr. Josh DeWind Director, Migration Program, Social Science Research Council

17:10 – 18:30 Closing Session International Cooperation and the Youth Dimension of the Migration-Development Nexus Chair: Mr. Richard Morgan Director for Policy and Practice, UNICEF Presentations:

H.E. Ambassador Joseph Deiss President of the UN General Assembly Mr. Peter Sutherland Special Representative of the Secretary-General on international Migration and Development Ambassador Eduard Gnesa Swiss Chair of the 2011 GFMD Mr. Sha Zukang Under-Secretary-General, UN DESA

Ms. Rebeca Grynspan Associate Administrator, UNDP Ambassador William Lacy Swing Director General, IOM Mr. Ivan Šimonović Assistant Secretary-General, OHCHR

Closing: Mr. Anthony Lake Executive Director, UNICEF and GMG Chair


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ANNEX 3 – LIST OF GMG SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS

(Within the rubrics of participants, participants are arranged in alphabetical order of the organizations and participants’ last names)

High-Level Representatives

Name Title Organization

Ambassador Eduard Gnesa Swiss Chair GFMD

Mr. John Bingham Civil Society Coordinator and

Representative at the 2011 GFMD

ICMC

Ambassador William Lacy Swing Director General IOM

H.E. Ambassador Alfonso

Quiñónez

Secretary of External Relations OAS and UNITAR

Mr. Ivan Šimonović Assistant Secretary-General OHCHR

H.E. Ambassador Carlos Enrique

Garcia Gonzales

Deputy Permanent Representative of El

Salvador to the UN

Permanent Mission of

El Salvador to the UN

H.E. Ambassador Mr. Claude

Heller

Permanent Representative of Mexico to

the UN


Mexico to the UN

H.E. Ambassador Libran N.

Cabactulan

Permanent Representative of the

Republic of the Philippines to the UN


the Philippines to the

UN

H.E. Ambassador Joseph Deiss President of the UN General Assembly

Ms. Beata Godenzi Head, Global Programme Migration SDC


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Ms. Marta Santos Pais Special Representative of the Secretary-

General on Violence against Children

Mr. Peter Sutherland Special Representative of the Secretary-

General on International Migration and

Development

Mr. Sha Zukang Under-Secretary-General UN DESA

Ms. Rebeca Grynspan Associate Administrator UNDP

Ms. Purnima Mane Deputy Executive Director UNFPA

Mr. Anthony Lake Executive Director, GMG Chair UNICEF

Mr. Richard Morgan Director for Policy and Practice UNICEF

Ms. Lakshmi Puri Deputy Executive Director UN Women

Mr. Dilip Ratha Lead Economist and Manager, Migration

and Remittances Unit

World Bank

Additional Speakers

From International Organizations


Dr. Paulo M. Saad Chief Population and Development Area ECLAC

Ms. Sue Le Mesurier Senior Officer Migration IFRC

Ms. Thetis Mangahas Senior Migration Specialist and Deputy

Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

ILO


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Ms. Ana Fonseca Senior Specialist, Migrant Assistance

Division

IOM

Mr. Shahidul Haque Director, Department of International

Cooperation and Partnerships

IOM

Ms. Michele Klein-Solomon Permanent Observer to the UN IOM

Ms. Anke Strauss Deputy Permanent Observer to the UN IOM

Ms. Mina Mashayekhi Officer-in-Charge, International Trade in

Goods and Services and Commodities

Division

UNCTAD

Dr. Sabine Henning Senior Population Affairs Officer UN DESA

Mr. Pablo Lattes Population Affairs Officer UN DESA

Dr. Hania Zlotnik Director, Population Division UN DESA

Mr. Antoine Pécoud Migration Specialist UNESCO

Dr. José Miguel Guzmán Chief, Population and Development

Branch

UNFPA

Dr. Ann Pawliczko Senior Project Advisor, Population and

Development Branch

UNFPA

Ms. Anne-Christine Eriksson Deputy Director, UNHCR Liaison in New

York

UNHCR

Ms. Kendra Gregson Senior Advisor, Child Protection Section UNICEF

Mr. Ravi Karkara Specialist, Child and Adolescent

Participation

UNICEF


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Dr. Colleen Thouez Senior Research and Training Advisor UNITAR

Ms. Piero Bonadeo Deputy Chief, New York Office UNODC

Dr. Jean D’Cunha Global Migration Adviser UN Women

Ms. Jacqueline Weekers Senior Migrant Health Officer WHO

From Academic Institutions


Dr. Deborah Balk Associate Director City University of New

York, Institute for

Demographic Research

Dr. Susana B. Adamo Associate Research Scientist Columbia University,

Center for International

Earth Science

Information Network

Dr. Khalid Koser Academic Dean and Head of the New

Issues in Security

Geneva Centre for

Security Policy

Dr. Jérôme Elie Researcher and Coordinator of

Activities, Programme for the Study of

Global Migration

Graduate Institute,

Geneva

Dr. Rosalía Cortés Research Professor Latin American Faculty of

Social Sciences

Dr. Josh DeWind Director, Migration Program Social Science Research

Council


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Dr. Jeronimo Cortina Associate Professor University of Houston

Dr. Pablo Ceriani Coordinator, Human Rights Centre University of Lanús

Dr. David Ingleby Professor of Intercultural Psychology,

European Research Centre on

Migration and Ethnic Relations

Utrecht University

From Civil Society


Mr. Paul Legendre Director, Fighting Discrimination

Program

Human Rights First

Ms. Claire Courteille Director, Equality Department International Trade

Union Confederation

Ms. Mary Jo Toll NGO Committee on Migration Sisters of Notre Dame

de Namur

Mr. Olivier Feneyrol Mobility and Child Protection Expert Terre Des Hommes

Ms. Carol Barton Executive for Racial Justice, Women’s

Division

United Methodist

Women

Mr. David Burgoa Youth Delegate

Ms. Melissa Garcia Velez Youth Delegate

Ms. Jenny Kai Youth Delegate

Mr. Jong-Min Youth Delegate


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Mr. Juan Torafina Youth Delegate

Additional Participants

From International Organizations

Name Organization

Mr. Kristof Tamas European Commission

Ms. Estrella Lajom GFMD

Dr. Rolph Kurt Jenny GFMD

Dr. Irena Omelaniuk GFMD

Ms. Kristine Alsvik ILO

Ms. Erin Carey IOM

Ms. Halina Dzesiatava IOM

Mr. Marc Mousky IOM

Mr. Stafford Mousky IOM

Ms. Amy Muedin IOM

Mr. Thomas Rohland IOM

Mr. Matthew Wade IOM

Ms. Pia Oberoi OHCHR


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Mr. Patrick Hayford Office of the Special Advisor on Africa

Ms. Rachel Stein-Holmes Office of the President of the General Assembly

Ms. Francois Fouinat Special Advisor to the Special Representative to the Secretary-

General on Migration and Development

Mr. Gregory Maniatis Special Advisor to the Special Representative to the Secretary-

General on Migration and Development

Ms. Najat Maalla M’jid Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children

Mr. Philip Guest UN DESA

Mr. Bela Hovy UN DESA

Ms. Lucia Hug UN DESA

Ms. Clare Menozzi UN DESA

Mr. Jason Schachter UN DESA

Ms. Nicola Shepherd UN DESA

Ms. Luisa Bernal UNDP

Mr. Paul Ladd UNDP

Mr. Olav Kjørven UNDP

Ms. Cecile Riallant UNDP/JMDI

Mr. Carlos Yescas UNDP


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Mr. Philippe Kridelka UNESCO

Ms. Michelle Freeouf UNESCO

Ms. Ajunwa Ifeoma UNESCO

Ms. Marisa Innunziara UNESCO

Ms. Orfee Melsen UNESCO

Ms. Claudia Valencio UNESCO

Ms. Sabrina Juran UNFPA

Ms. Udo Janz

Mr. Kumari Karandarrala

UNHCR

UNHCR

Ms. Ingrid Brown UNICEF

Ms. Carolyn Douglas UNICEF

Ms. Paola Garcia Rey UNICEF

Ms. Kelly Geoghegan UNICEF

Ms. Jennifer Hunt UNICEF

Mr. Etienne Leue UNICEF

Ms. Hsiu Huei Lu UNICEF

Ms. Tandiwe Maithya UNICEF

Ms. Bethelhem Moulat UNICEF


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Mr. Daniel Naujoks UNICEF

Mr. Christian Privat UNICEF

Mr. Christopher Roberts UNICEF

Ms. Rhea Saab UNICEF

Mr. Fred Sanchez UNICEF

Mr. Alan Silverman UNICEF

Ms. Madeleine Sinclair UNICEF

Ms. Marina Zlotnik UNICEF

Mr. Pierpaolo Capalbo UNITAR

Ms. Yvonne Lodico UNITAR

Ms. Simone Monasebian UNODC

Mr. Amr Nour UN Regional Commissions

Ms. Daniela Simioni UN Regional Commissions

Mr. Jean Luc Bones UN Women

Ms. Natasha Lewis UN Women

Ms. Sonia Plaza World Bank

Ms. Fatima Khan WHO


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Ms. Jacqueline Weekers WHO

From Member States

Name Organization

Mr. Marcelo Cesa

Ms. Ani Kocharyan

Permanent Mission of Argentina to the UN

Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN

Ms. Orokia Tiendrebeogo Permanent Mission of Burkina Faso to the UN

Mr. Shangzhe Song Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the UN

Ms. Luz Andujar

Ms. Ana Helena

Permanent Mission of Dominican Republic to the UN

Permanent Mission of Dominican Republic to the UN

Mr. Enrique Vásquez Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the UN

Ms. Nazia Chothia Permanent Mission of France to the UN

Ms. Neli Shiolashvili Permanent Mission of Georgia to the UN

Ms. Marie-Francoise Bernadel

Mr. Mohammad Ali Al Nsour

Permanent Mission of Haiti to the UN

Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the UN

Mr. Jorge Flores Permanent Mission of Honduras to the UN

Ms. Patricia Cullen Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN

Ms. Enrica Pautasso Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN


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Dr. Filippo Cinti Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN

H.E. Ambassador Kydykov

Talaibek

Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN

Ms. Claudette Walls Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN

Mr. Noel Gonzales Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN

Mr. Thomas Hermans Permanent Mission of Netherlands to the UN

Ms. Lidia Wojtal Permanent Mission of Poland to the UN

Mr. Eduardo Meñez Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the UN

Ms. Ekaterina Fotina Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN

Ms. Diao Anna Sarr Permanent Mission of Senegal to the UN

Mr. Xolela Nofukuka Permanent Mission of South Africa to the UN

Ms. Irene de Lorenzo-Cáceres

Cantero

Permanent Mission of Spain Mission to the UN

Ms. Amanda Jerneck Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN

Ms. Mara Wolf

Ms. Nadia Isler

Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN

Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN

Mr. Souid Ikromov Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the UN

Ms. Olha Kavun Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN


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From Academic Institutions

Name Organization

Dr. Jacqueline Bhabha Harvard University

Dr. Rozetta Wilmore-Schaeffer Yeshiva University – WSSW

From Civil Society/Other

Name Organization

Mr. Paul Adomako

Mr. Louis Bahakoula Mabidi

African Black Diaspora Global Network (ABDGN)

Association Congolaise d’Education et de Prévention contre les

Maladies et la Drogue

Ms. Elisabeth Shuman

Mr. Nelson Carraquillo

Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)

CATA

Mr. Richard Mandelbaum CATA

Ms. Yessica Segura CATA

Ms. Patricia Connolly Company of the Daughters of Charity

Ms. Germaine Price Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

Ms. Winifred Doherty Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd

Ms. Helen Ojario Congregation of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel


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Ms. Griselda Martinez-Morales Congregations of St. Joseph

Mr. Joseph Foley Congregation of the Mission

Ms. Rania Elassawi Development and Participation Consultant

Ms. Mbombe Valerie Saibu Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for

Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR & HR)

Mr. Tcharbuahbokengo Nfinn Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for

Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR & HR)

Ms. Janet Salazar Foundation for the Support of the United Nations

Mr. Martin Olavarrieta Fundación Cultural Baur

Ms. Shiuho Lin Grey Panthers

Mr. Alexandros Zavos Hellenic Migration Policy Institute

Ms. Eleanor Acer Human Rights First

Mr. Innokenty Grekov Human Rights First

Ms. Anne Christensen

Mr. Adriano Jose Timossi

IFRC

INSouth: Intellectual Network for the South

Mr. Randy Nahle International Migrants Bill of Rights Initiative

Mr. Jacob Zenn International Migrants Bill of Rights Initiative

Ms. Teresa Kennedy International Presentation Association

Ms. Fatima Rodrigo International Presentation Association


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Ms. Radmilla Suleymanova Journalist

Mr. Steven O’Neil Marianists International

Mr. Colin Rajah Migrants Rights International

Ms. Catherine Tactaquin National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Ms. Eva Richter NGO Committee on Migration

Dr. Eva Sandis NGO Committee on Migration

Ms. Sarah Dunne NGO Committee on Migration

Mr. John German Non-Profit Computing

Ms. Maria Pia Belloni Mignatti Organisation Mondiale Pour l’Education Prescolaire

Mr. Tito Rahman Peace Foundation

Ms. Mahendra Pandey Pravasi Nepali Coordination Committee

Ms. Kate Barker Population Council

Mr. Syed Hassan Poverty Elimination and Community Education Foundation

Ms. Patsy Robertson

Dr. Rita Arthur

Dr. Brigid Driscoll

Ramphai Center

Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary

Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary

Dr. Thomas Brennan Salesian Missions

Mr. Leonir Chiarello Scalabrini International Migration Network


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Ms. Eileen Reilly School Sisters of Notre Dame

Mr. Sandoval Munayer Sin Fronteras

Ms. Jean Stoner Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Mr. Rolf Widmer Swiss Foundation of the International Social Service

Dr. Rachel Ravich Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Ms. Catherine Ferguson UNANIMA International

Ms. Kyong Mazzaro UNANIMA International

Ms. Salwa Kader US Federation for Middle East Peace (USFMEP)

Ms. Colleen Galbraith US Fund for UNICEF

Mr. Damian Calvo Vermillion Pictures

Ms. Venkateswar Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF)

Ms. Leslie Wright VGIF

Ms. Briana Hilfer VGIF

Ms. Zelia Cordeiro

Mr. Jones Felix

VIVAT International

VIVAT International

Ms. Paige Fetzer VIVAT International

Ms. Ilaria Buonriposi VIVAT International

Mr. Tony Tapia Western Union


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Ms. Joan Woods

Mr. Oludare Afeni

World Christian Life Community

Youth Crime Watch of Nigeria


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ANNEX 4 - SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Adamo, SUSANA B. Dr. (Associate research scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Susana B. Adamo is an associate research scientist at the Center for International Earth Sciences

Information Network (Earth Institute) of Columbia University, adjunct assistant professor at SIPA

(School of International and Public Affairs) and Columbia College, and co-coordinator of the Population

and Environment Research Network (PERN). She is a social demographer with a background in

geography, and her research includes environmental migration and displacement, dynamics of internal

population mobility in developing countries, rural/urban demography, migration and health, and

issues related to global population data sets. Adamo has also conducted extensive fieldwork in

Argentina. Her latest publications involve environmental migration and cities in the context of global

environmental change; migration, poverty and environment; and the effects of climate change on

population distribution and migration. Originally from Argentina, Dr. Adamo holds a BS in geography

from the University of Buenos Aires, a MS in population studies from FLACSO-Mexico, and a PhD in

demography/sociology from the University of Texas at Austin.

Balk, Deborah Dr. (Associate Director, Institute for Demographic Research, City University New York)

Deborah Balk is Associate Director of the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, and Professor at

the Baruch School of Public Affairs and the CUNY Graduate Center (in the Sociology and Economics

Programs). Her expertise lies in spatial demography and the integration of earth and social science

data and methods to address interdisciplinary policy questions. Her current research focus is on

urbanization, population, poverty, and environmental interactions (such as climate change). Prior to

coming to Baruch, Balk held appointments at Columbia University, the East-West Center, and the

University of Michigan. She received her PhD in Demography from the University of California at

Berkeley, and her Masters Degree in Public Policy, and AB in International Relations, from the

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is currently a member of the International Union for the

Scientific Study of Population working group on Urbanization and recently completed service to two

National Research Council panels.

Barton, Carol Ms. (Executive Secretary for Community Action, United Methodist Women)

Carol Barton coordinates the Immigrant/Civil Rights Initiative for United Methodist Women (UMW), a US faith-based women’s organization of some 800,000 women involved in mission and advocacy around the world. United Methodist Women works globally to develop women leaders and advocate for justice for women, youth and children. The Immigrant/Civil Rights Initiative engages in advocacy for immigrant rights at the national and global level with a particular focus on gender and migration.

Carol serves on the International Working Group of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, a US member of Migrant Rights International, and a lead organizer of the People’s Global Action


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for Migration, Development and Human Rights. UMW and NNIRR have convened a gender caucus at the PGA in Athens and Mexico City, and are working with other groups to build a global women and migration network. Carol participated in the Civil Society Days of the GFMD in Athens and Puerto Vallarta.

Carol coordinated the Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice (WICEJ) from 2000-2005, a global feminist network linking gender and macro-economic policy from a gender, race and class perspective. WICEJ was active in UN processes including Financing for Development; WCAR; and the UN CSW. She served as interim programme officer at the United Nation’s Non-Governmental Liaison Service in 2000-2001 and directed Church Women United’s United Nation’s office. Carol worked with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries in Lima, Peru from 1976-1980, and in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1992-93. She has worked extensively in education, advocacy, curriculum design and training on women’s economic and social justice issues.

She holds a Masters in Political Economy from the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Bingham, John Mr. (Civil Society Coordinator and Representative at the 2011 GFMD)

A lawyer and immigrant himself, John K. Bingham is a frequent speaker and panellist at international conferences on migration. Bingham addressed the UN General Assembly at the High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development in 2006, participated in the first Global Forum on Migration and Development in Brussels in 2007 and was one of two NGO experts invited to present a paper at the second Global Forum in Manila in 2008. He was recently elected president of the International NGO Platform on the Migrant Workers Convention.

Before joining ICMC in 2005, Bingham worked with Catholic Charities in New York for eight years, where he was director of the departments of Immigrant and Refugee Services and later Capital Projects and Law. He served as Chair of the Board of the New York Immigration Coalition, an advocacy network with 180 member organizations, and on the migration advisory group of the US Catholic Conference of Bishops.

During the eight years prior, he taught human rights and criminal justice with COERR, the Catholic Office of Emergency Relief and Refugees, in a refugee camp of 240,000 Cambodians in Thailand, and later international business law at the university in Cambodia’s capital, where he co-authored two books, Free market contract law and an English-Cambodian law dictionary.

A graduate of Fordham Law School and St. John’s University in New York, Bingham worked for eight years in the legal department of a major Wall Street investment bank, where he was Vice President. He is married and has four sons.

Cabactulan, Libran N. H.E. Mr. (Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations)

H.E. Libran N. Cabactulan was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the

United Nations in April 2010. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Cabactulan served since February

as Assistant Secretary for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the Department of Foreign Affairs in

Manila. Before that, he was his country’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, from 2004 to

2009. A career diplomat, Mr. Cabactulan also served at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in


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Geneva and twice at the country’s Mission to the United Nations in New York, from 1986 to 1990, and

again from 1995 to 2000. He had also been assigned respectively in the Philippine Embassy in Brussels

and Consulate in Sydney. In Manila, he was Executive Director of the Office of United Nations and

other International Organizations and the Office of Consular Affairs of the Department of Foreign

Affairs, as well as Special Assistant and Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of

the Philippines. During his diplomatic career, Ambassador Cabactulan led the Group of 77 developing

countries and China in negotiations on economic and related issues at the General Assembly, the

Economic and Social Council, the Commission on Sustainable Development, the Population

Commission, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development

Programme (UNDP). Before joining the Foreign Service, he worked at the National Economic and

Development Authority in Manila as Staff Economist. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees

in political science, and a Certificate in development economics from the University of the

Philippines. He also has a Diploma for Commercial Policy from the General Agreements on Tariffs and

Trade (GATT), the predecessor of the World Trade Organization, in Geneva.

Ceriani, Pablo Mr. (Coordinator of Migration & Human Rights Program, Center of Human Rights of the National University of Lanús, Argentina; Professor, University of Buenos Aires Law School)

He coordinates a research team that carries out several projects on migration and human rights, with a

particular focus on children and adolescents. The team is currently working on the rights of children in

the context of migration, both at global, regional (Latin America and Caribbean) and national level

(Argentina), with the support of UNICEF. Also, he is coordinating a project on unaccompanied children

and adolescents at the border of Mexico and Guatemala. He provides technical assistance to the

Argentinean office of UNPA on sexual and reproductive health of women and adolescent migrants.

Prior to his work at UNLA, he coordinated the Legal Clinic for Immigrants and Refugee’s Rights

(University of Buenos Aires and Centre for Legal and Social Studies). As a lawyer of CELS, he played a

critical role during the civil society and governmental dialogues that led to the adoption of the new

migration law in Argentina in 2003.

Between 2006 and 2008, he did a PhD at the University of Valencia, Spain, focused on the rights of

migrants, with a particular focus on irregular migration from Africa to Europe. He wrote several papers

on migration & human rights issues, and in 2009 he co-coordinated a publication called Migration

Policies and Human Rights (Ed. UNLA).

Cortina, Jeronimo Dr. ( University of Houston)

Jeronimo Cortina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and a Research

Associate at the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston. He earned a PhD in Political

Science from Columbia University where he previously earned a Master's degree in public

Administration and Public Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs. Dr. Cortina

specializes on survey research, political behavior, immigration, and quantitative methods.


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His work has been published in scholarly and policy journals such as the American Politics Research

Journal, Foreign Affairs in Spanish, and the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy. His latest books include

(with Andrew Gelman, David Park, Boris Shor)“Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why

Americans Vote the Way They Do” published by Princeton University Press and “A Quantitative Tour of

the Social Sciences” published by Cambridge University Press (with Andrew Gelman) and he is currently

co-editing (with Enrique Ochoa-Reza) “Managing Migration: Maximizing Development and Wellbeing in

Sending and Receiving Nations” forthcoming with Columbia University Press as part of the Initiative for

Policy Dialogue Series. Most of his work is publicly available through his webpage at:

www.jeronimocortina.com

Courteille, Claire Ms. (Director, Equality Department, International Trade Union Confederation)

Claire Courteille obtained a post-graduate degree in International Economics at the University - Paris 1

Sorbonne in 1992 and a Master of Science in Development Studies at the London School of Economics in

1996. From 1992 to 2000 she worked as project manager for different international cooperation

institutions including the UNHCR, the OSCE and the foundation Tdh. During the period 2001-2005 she

was a policy advisor on European affairs at the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV) and a

member of the Dutch Economic and Social Committee. From 2005 to 2010 she was a senior advisor at

the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in charge of various economic and social dossiers

including social protection. Since May 2010 she is the head of the ITUC Equality department in charge of

gender, minority, and migrant workers’ issues.

D’Cunha, Jean Dr. (Global Migration Adviser, UN Women)

Dr. Jean D'Cunha is presently the Global Migration Adviser for UN Women, based at UN Women Headquarters in New York. She was the Regional Director for UN Women’s East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, Bangkok (2005-May 2010); and the Regional Advisor for the UN Women Asia-Pacific and Arab States Regional Programme on Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia (2003-2005) - a Program that was the recipient of the AGFUND Award for Pioneering Development Projects. Dr D’Cunha has been an advisor to numerous Governments, UN Agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and international and national non-govermental organizations (NGOs). She is a Sociologist specializing in Gender Studies.

As an academic in India, she taught Sociology and Gender Studies at St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, and the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. She has done extensive research and is published widely in a variety of Indian and international publications on a range of gender concerns. Since 1983, her theoretical and ground involvement has been and continues to be primarily focused on trafficking, migration, gender and sexuality, violence against women, and gender and natural disasters. Her book on the debates on the legalization of prostitution, with special reference to India, is among the first feminist publications on the issue in India. She is widely traveled and has been invited to present papers and keynote at over 150 conferences worldwide. She is a past recipient of a national award for Outstanding Writing on Women's Issues in India. Dr. D’Cunha has been active in the women’s movement in India, and with trafficking and migration NGOs in Asia and beyond.


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Deiss, Joseph Amb. (President of the UN General Assembly)

Joseph Deiss was elected President of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly on 11 June 2010.

An economist and politician with extensive experience in multilateral affairs, Mr. Deiss served in the Federal Council of Switzerland (Swiss cabinet) from 1999 to 2006. During this period, while holding the post of Economics Minister (2003 to 2006), he was elected, in 2004, to serve as President of the Swiss Confederation—a position which is rotated annually among Cabinet members— and headed his country’s presidential delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. Earlier, while serving as Foreign Minister, from 1999 to 2002, he spearheaded Switzerland’s accession campaign to the UN.

Over the course of his term as a cabinet minister, Mr. Deiss was active in the sphere of world trade, leading his country’s delegation at key negotiations of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun (Mexico), Montreal (Canada), Paris (France), Geneva (Switzerland) and Hong Kong (China). In this context, he initiated the establishment of, and subsequently chaired, the Group of Ten (G-10) countries—a coalition of net importers of agricultural products—which has become a principal actor in the WTO negotiations. Mr. Deiss was also a member of the board of governors of both the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and directed Switzerland’s negotiations with the European Union.

In 2001, Mr. Deiss chaired the UN Economic Commission for Europe's regional preparatory conference for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. He also led his country’s delegation to the Summit in Johannesburg (South Africa) in 2002 and, earlier that year, to the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey (Mexico). In addition, he presided over the Swiss delegation to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As a Federal Councillor, Mr. Deiss was also ministerial head of Swiss delegations to numerous other international bodies including the Council of Europe, the (then) UN Human Rights Commission, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC). In addition, in 2002, he chaired the ministerial conference of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

Prior to his election to the Federal Council, Mr. Deiss served as a member of the Swiss Parliament (National Council) from 1991 to 1999, where he chaired a parliamentary committee (1997 to 1998) tasked with reviewing the Swiss Federal Constitution. Earlier, from 1995 to 1997, he served as Vice-President of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Deiss began his political career in 1981 as a member of the parliament of the Swiss canton of Fribourg, a post he held for a decade. He also had a 14-year stint as mayor of the municipality of Barberêche, from 1982 to 1996, and served as Switzerland’s Price Supervisor in charge of regulating all non-competitive and administrated prices, from 1993 to 1996.

In the academic realm, Mr. Deiss has been a professor of economics at a number of Swiss universities, including Fribourg, Lausanne and Geneva, and was Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg, his alma mater, from 1996 to 1998. Since 2007, he has been professor of political economy at the same university and is a member of the Strategic Council of Saint Joseph University in Beirut (Lebanon). Fluent in French, German, English and Italian, Mr. Deiss earned a doctorate of economics from the University of Fribourg and was a research student at King’s College Cambridge (UK). The recipient of numerous honours and distinctions, Mr. Deiss was awarded Japan’s


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Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2008) and France’s Officier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (2007). He also holds honorary doctorates from the Business School of Lausanne, Switzerland (2008), the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2007), and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria (2001). He serves as a board member of a number of institutions including the Emmi Group (Lucerne, Switzerland) and the Zurich Insurance company (Ireland and South Africa) and is a Vice-Chairman of the Zurich Financial Services International Advisory Council.

DeWind, Josh Dr. (Director, Migration Program, Social Science Research Council)

Josh DeWind is Director of the Migration Program and the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Programs. Since receiving his PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1977, his research and writing has focused internationally on issues of migration. Under his leadership since 1994, the Council’s activities related to migration have evolved from an initial focus on fostering the interdisciplinary development of immigration studies within the United States -- through research fellowships, thematic working groups, and a national conference -- to promoting migration studies internationally through collaborative working groups and research about relations between internal and international migration to development and about other international aspects of migration, including religion and education. The DPDF Program assists graduate students based at American universities in preparing dissertation and funding research proposals in a wide range of interdisciplinary fields of study. He is co-editor with Charles Hirschman and Philip Kasinitz of the Migration Program’s "flagship" publication, The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience (Russell Sage Foundation, 1999) and, most recently, he co-edited with Jennifer Holdaway, Migration and Development Within and Across Borders: Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration (International Organization on Migration, 2008).

Eriksson, Anne Christine Ms. (Deputy Director, UNHCR Liaison in New York)

Anne Christine Eriksson is currently the Deputy Director of UNHCR’s New York Liaison Office. Prior to

this, she was the Deputy Representative (Protection) for Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. She

is based in Berlin and is the UNHCR Regional Representative. She joined the UNHCR in 1987, and since

then has served in various positions in India, Turkey, Croatia and Kosovo where she was the Deputy

Head of Mission for Protection. Prior to her current position she was the senior Legal Advisor, UNHCR

Bureau for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland. Anne-Christine Eriksson holds an MSc in Political Science from

Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland.

Fonseca, Ana Ms. (Senior Specialist, Migration Assistance Division, IOM)

Ana Fonseca is a Senior Specialist at the Migration Assistance Division of IOM. Previously, she was IOM

UK Acting Chief of Mission.

Ana started her career with IOM in the United Kingdom. She joined the London office in 1999, not long

after the IOM Mission in the UK was established, and coordinated IOM’s operations in relation to the

Kosovo Humanitarian Evacuation Programme. She was later responsible for the design and development

of the Reintegration Fund, a process which led to the addition of a Reintegration Assistance component

to IOM UK’s standard Voluntary Assisted Return Programme in 2002. Henceforth, the programme came

to be known as VARRP (Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme). In 2007, she presided


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over the launch of a ‘new approach’ to the delivery of Reintegration Assistance. This changed from a

generic approach to one which is now tailored to a returnee’s individual and/or family needs.

Before starting her career at IOM, Ana studied International Relations in her native Portugal and did a

Masters in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries at the London School of Economics. She

speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Gnesa, Eduard Amb. (Swiss Chair of the 2011 GFMD)

H.E. Ambassador Eduard Gnesa is Special Ambassador for International Cooperation in Migration at the

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Prior to his appointment, he served as Director of the

Federal Office for Migration as a Director of the Federal Office for Immigration, Integration and

Emigration. Mr. Gnesa also served as First Deputy Secretary-General for migration affairs,

administrative appeals, business planning and control, language services and consultants of the Swiss

Federal Department of Justice and Police. Mr. Gnesa studied law at the University of Fribourg and holds

a Ph.D. in Law Studies from the University of Fribourg and Geneva.

Gregson, Kendra Ms. (Senior Advisor Social Welfare and Justice Systems, Child Protection, UNICEF)

Kendra Gregson joined UNICEF headquarters in 2009 as Senior Advisor, Social Welfare and Justice

Systems. Prior to joining UNICEF headquarters, Ms. Gregson was Chief of Child Protection in UNICEF

Georgia. As part of her portfolio, Ms. Gregson is responsible for the development, implementation,

management and monitoring of strategies to strengthen the social welfare and justice systems, with the

aim of improving results for vulnerable children—including those without adequate parental care,

children in the justice system, children on the move, and those with disability. Ms. Gregson is a child

protection practitioner, working predominantly in the areas of social welfare and justice for children.

Her focus has been on connecting policy and practice, reviewing institutional structures and systems,

and developing protection policy and programmes. Her career has taken her to Argentina, the Balkans,

Sierra Leone, and Cambodia working with NGOs, IFIs, government, and multi-lateral organisations.

Grynspan, Rebeca Ms. (Associate Administrator, UNDP)

Rebeca Grynspan was appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the position of UN Under-

Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator effective 1 February, 2010.

Before joining the United Nations, Ms. Grynspan was elected Vice-President of Costa Rica from 1994 to

1998. She also served as Housing Minister, Coordinating Minister of Economy, Coordinating Minister of

Social Affairs and Vice-Minister of Finance.

At the UN and prior to her current appointment, Ms. Grynspan served as Assistant-Secretary-General

and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Development

Programme (2006-2010). Previously, she was Director of the Economic Commission for Latin America

and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Sub-regional Headquarters in Mexico, where she also served as Co-Chair of


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the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Executive Board.

Ms. Grynspan is a strong and consistent advocate for human development. She has helped focus global

attention on the need to reduce inequality, build social cohesion, empower women, and achieve the

world’s Millennium Development Goals. Her many contributions include spearheading the design and

implementation of Costa Rica‘s National Plan Against Poverty and initiating Human Development

Reports for Latin America and Caribbean which broke new ground in highlighting the inter-generational

transmission of inequality.

In addition to her experience as an adviser, lecturer and author, Ms. Grynspan has contributed to key

United Nations initiatives such as the Millennium Project’s Task Force on Poverty and Economic

Development and on the High-Level Panel on Financing for Development. She has worked with multiple

Government institutions, national and international organizations as Counselor, Advisor and Researcher.

Ms. Grynspan has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books on social and economic

policy, gender and poverty.

Costa Rican, Ms. Grynspan holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Sussex (England)

and studied Economy and Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Guzman, Jose Miguel Dr. (Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA)

Jose Miguel Guzman is the Chief of the Population and Development Branch of the United Nations

Population Fund (UNFPA). He holds a Ph.D. in Demography from the University of Montreal, Canada.

Before joining UNFPA, he was the Chief of the Population and Development Area of CELADE-

Population Division of ECLAC. He also worked as the ECLAC Adviser on Population and Development at

the UNFPA Country Support Team for Latin America and the Caribbean.

His work experience covers many different areas, such as: Population dynamics, urbanization,

population and climate change, ageing, fertility transition, child and maternal mortality and health,

population and gender, international migration, population and poverty linkages, surveys/census and

information systems.

Haque, Shahidul Mr. (Director, International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM)

Mr. Md Shahidul Haque is currently working as a Director of the Department of International

Cooperation and Partnerships of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva. Before

assuming his current position, Mr. Haque was IOM Regional Representative for the Middle East based

in Cairo and the Regional Representative for South Asia based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition to his

responsibilities in South Asia, he had also served as the Regional Migration Management Coordinator

for West Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran) till July 2007and as Chief of Mission a.i. of IOM Iran from

2004 to 2007. Before joining the International Organization for Migration in July 2001, Mr. Haque was

with the Bangladesh Foreign Service and served in Bangladesh Missions in London, Bangkok and


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Geneva. H has also served a Director in various Directorates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

Bangladesh. He obtained an M. A. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and

Diplomacy, USA (1988) following a Masters in Social Welfare from the Dhaka University. His areas of

academic interests include migration, social development and trade issues. He has written on

migration and trafficking related issues which have been published in various national and

international journals. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the IOM World Migration Report

2005 and contributed to IOM’s 3 volume training guide Essentials of Migration Management in 2004 as

well as IOM-OSCE Trainers Manual on Labour Migration Management in 2010. In recognition of his

outstanding and committed services to IOM, Mr. Haque received the IOM Director General’s Award in

2005.

Heller, Claude H.E. Mr. (Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations)

H.E. Claude Heller, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations is the Permanent

Representative of Mexico to the United Nations since January 2007. Prior to this position, he has

served as Ambassador to France (2001-07); Permanent Representative to the Organization for

Economic Co-operation and Development- OECD (2002-03); Permanent Representative to the

Organization of American States – OAS (1998-2001); Ambassador to Cuba (1995-98); Ambassador to

Austria and Slovenia, as well as Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna

(1992-95); Ambassador to Switzerland (1989-1991) and Political Counselor at the Mexican Embassy in

the United States of America (1982-83). He was also involved in the peace process of Central America

within the frame of the Contadora Group (1983-1988), in the Initiative of the Group of the Six on

Disarmament (1985-1988), as well as in the activities of the 1st and 2nd Ibero-American Summits

(1991-1992).

He has served as Head of Mexican Delegations to several international conferences of the

United Nations system, the Organization of American States, the International Atomic Energy Agency,

the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Latin American Economic System. At

the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Heller has been Chief Advisor to the Secretary (1991-

1992), Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs (1988), Director General for the United Nations

Organization (1983-1987), Deputy Director for Legal and Political Affairs regarding the United Nations

(1980-1982), and Deputy Director of American Regional Organizations (1979-1980). Ambassador Heller

chaired the Sociology Department at the Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM) from

1977 to 1979, and was a professor at El Colegio de México. He is the author of several books and

articles on foreign policy. He holds an undergraduate degree in International Relations Degree from El

Colegio de México, and a Master’s Degree in History and International Relations from the Institute of

High International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Henning, Sabine Dr. (Population Affairs Officer, Migration Section, Population Division, UN/DESA)

Sabine Henning is Population Affairs Officer in the Migration Section of the United Nations Population

Division, DESA, New York. In the Migration Section, Dr. Henning has organized meetings, written


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reports on migration-related topics and has been involved in work with the Global Forum on Migration

and Development, the Global Migration Group and the Commission on Population and Development.

From 2000 to 2008, she was Population Affairs Officer in the Estimates and Projection Section of the

Population Division, projecting the urban and total populations of China and the United States, among

other countries. Before joining the United Nations, Dr. Henning was Research Specialist and Adjunct

Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and represented Arkansas in the

Federal Cooperative for Population Estimates and Projections with the U.S. Census Bureau. She has

authored papers and made presentations on topics such as migration, fertility or population estimates

and projections. Her current research concerns migration, urbanization and worldwide population

trends. She is a graduate of the University of Köln, the University of Kiel, and holds a Ph.D. in

Geography and a doctoral-level Graduate Certificate in Demography from the University of Colorado at

Boulder.

Ingleby, David Dr. (Professor of Intercultural Psychology, European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht University, Netherlands)

David Ingleby is Professor of Intercultural Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, where he

works at ERCOMER (European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations). His main fields of

research are health and social care in multicultural societies, forced migration and health, and child

development in different social and cultural contexts. He is involved in several Europe-wide

collaborative projects on migrant health. In 2007 he was Willy Brandt Memorial Professor at the School

of International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Malmö University. He has recently acted as Consultant

to the Council of Europe’s Expert Committee on Mobility, Migration and Access to Health Care, and

Temporary Advisor on migration- and ethnicity-linked health inequities to the WHO Regional Office for

Europe.

Kane, Ousmane Dr. (Associate Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University)

Professor Ousmane Kane is an associate professor of international and public affairs at School of

International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University since 2002. He received a BA and M.A in

Islamic Studies from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, and an M.Phil and a Ph.D in Political Science

from Science Po Paris in 1993. He specializes in comparative politics (Sub-Saharan Africa), Islamic

politics, and transnational migration and religion. Prior to joining SIPA, he held academic appointments

at the University of Kansas, the University of London and Yale University.

Karkara, Ravi (Child Participation Specialist, UNICEF)

Ravi Karkara is working as a Child Participation Specialist with UNICEF Head Quarter, in the Gender

Rights and Civic Engagement Section at New York. His present responsibility is to facilitate

coordination of a Secretariat on Child Participation and Global Advocacy with overall coordination,

development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of UNICEF’s global advocacy

initiatives involving children and young peoples’ participation.


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From August 2002 to June 2007, Karkara was the Regional Program Manager in South and Central Asia

for Save the Children Sweden. He had the overall responsibility for supporting programs in South Asia

and in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the regional program strategy. With a

specific focus on Save the Children’s four prioritized themes: End violence against children, promote

child rights programming as a program approach, child protection in emergencies and develop

strategic partnerships. All Save the Children’s program work is based on the principles of Child Rights

Programming (CRP) including strengthening and promoting children’s participation, accountability and

non-discrimination. He has been actively involved in developing Save the Children Sweden and the

Save the Children Alliance methods and framework for operationalising rights based approach. He has

also supported other agencies like Plan International and War Child Holland to advance human rights

abased approach t programming.

Karkara has authored/co-authored over 30 publications in areas of child rights, children’s participation,

child protection, advocacy, gender, masculinities, gender and inclusion and emergencies.

Klein Solomon, Michele Ms. (Permanent Observer, IOM)

Michele Klein Solomon is the Permanent Observer of the International Organization for Migration

(IOM) to the United Nations. Prior to assuming her current function in August 2010, she was the

Director of the Migration Policy and Research Department of IOM. In that capacity, she was

instrumental in building the Organization’s migration policy expertise and profile, including by helping

to create and leading the IOM International Dialogue on Migration, and serving as a key member of

the secretariat to and producing the Berne Initiative’s International Agenda on Migration

Management. She regularly provides advice and guidance to governments in all regions of the world

as well as to regional, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on a wide range of

migration policy matters.

Ms. Klein Solomon received her Juris Doctor and Masters of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degrees,

cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University School of Foreign

Service, in 1988, with honors including the Landegger Honors Certificate in International Business

Diplomacy. She served as the topics editor for the journal Law and Policy in International Business.

Prior to joining IOM in 2000, Ms. Klein Solomon served as an Attorney Adviser with the U.S.

Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser, from 1989 - 2000. She served in a number of offices

(UN Affairs, Human Rights and Refugees, Law Enforcement and Intelligence, and Management) during

her tenure with the State Department. Of particular relevance to her work with IOM, Ms. Klein

Solomon served as the Department's principal refugee and migration lawyer from 1991 - 1996. Ms.

Klein Solomon has published on a range of migration-related issues, including migration and asylum,

migration and trade, and migration and development.

Lake, Anthony Mr. (Executive Director, UNICEF, GMG Chair) On 1 May 2010, Anthony Lake became the sixth Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, bringing to the position more than 45 years of public service.


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During his career, Anthony Lake has worked with leaders and policy makers across the world. In 2007-2008, he served as a senior foreign policy adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, a role he also performed during the Clinton presidential campaign of 1991-1992. He has managed a full range of foreign policy, national security, humanitarian and development issues at the most senior levels: as National Security Advisor (1993-1997) under President Bill Clinton, and as Director of Policy Planning in President Carter’s administration (1977-1981). He joined the US State Department in 1962 as a Foreign Service Officer.

Upon leaving the government, he served as the United States President’s Special Envoy, first in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and later in Haiti, from 1998 to 2000. His efforts, for which he received the 2000 Samuel Nelson Drew Award, contributed to the achievement of the Algiers Agreement that ended the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. He also played a leading role in shaping policies that led to peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Northern Ireland.

His experience in international development began in the 1970s, as Director of International Voluntary Services, leading the work of this ‘private Peace Corps’. In that same decade, he also served on the boards of Save the Children (1975–1977) and the Overseas Development Council. Over the past 10 years, Anthony Lake has been an International Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross (2000-2003) and Chair of the Marshall Legacy Institute, which works in conflict-affected countries to remove landmines and assist survivors, and advance children's rights.

Anthony Lake’s ties with UNICEF are long-standing, dating back to 1993, when he worked with UNICEF’s third Executive Director, James P. Grant, on the organization’s presentation of its flagship publication, ‘The State of the World’s Children’, at the White House. From 1998 to 2007 he served on the Board of the US Fund for UNICEF, with a term as Chair from 2004 to 2007, after which he was appointed a permanent honorary member.

Immediately prior to his appointment with UNICEF, Anthony Lake served as Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees at Mount Holyoke College and a member of the Advisory Council of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and has served on the Governance Board of the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

He obtained a B.A. degree from Harvard in 1961, read international economics at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1974.

Lattes, Pablo Dr. (Population Affairs Officer, Migration Section, Population Division, UN/DESA)

Pablo Lattes has been working for the United Nations since 2003. He currently works at the Migration

Section of the Population Division - DESA, where his work includes migration data analysis, estimates

and projections. Prior to that, Mr. Lattes worked at the Statistics Division at UNHCR, where he was

responsible for the development of “standards and indicators” to measure the well-being of refugees,

the analysis of refugee data and methodological work to improve the quality of statistical data. Before

joining the United Nations, Mr. Lattes worked as a consultant for the World Bank, UNDP and the

Government of Argentina. Mr. Lattes obtained an MSc in Environmental Resources at Salford

University, England and a degree in Sociology with specialisation in Demography at the University of

New York at Stony Brook.


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Legendre, Paul Mr. (Director, Fighting Discrimination Program, Human Rights First)

As Director of the Fighting Discrimination Program, Paul LeGendre leads Human Rights First’s effort to

combat discrimination by combating racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, and homophobic

violence globally through research, analysis, and advocacy.

Prior to joining Human Rights First in 2006, Paul worked for the Parliamentary Assembly of the

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as Program Officer (2000-2005) providing

staff support to the Assembly’s work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and to its General Committee

on Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. Paul also worked for the International League for Human

Rights as Europe Program Coordinator (1998-2000), for the Committee to Protect Journalists as the

Acting Program Coordinator for Europe (1998-1999), and for CAF-Russia, a Russian non-profit resource

center, as Director of Publications (1995-1997). Paul has a B.A. in History from Boston College (1993) as

well as a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University (2000).

Le Mesurier, Sue Ms. (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)

Sue Le Mesurier has over 20 years of experience working in the humanitarian/international

organization sector, including positions with the International Federation, ICRC and British Red Cross

Society. Her most recent assignments include IFRC FACT Pakistan, ICRC Gaza and Maldives Tsunami

Recovery Programme. Sue completed her studies in Refugees and Forced Migration at the University

of Oxford UK (Department of International Development Refugee Studies Centre) and previously

studied environmental planning, sociology and geography at Auckland University New Zealand. She

has undertaken numerous assignments on global humanitarian issues internationally including

population displacement within disaster and conflict environments, human security, crisis prevention,

and early recovery. These have included work with New Zealand Foreign Affairs, AusAID, United

Nations (UNDP, UNHCR, UNOPS and UN Habitat), Oxfam GB, Saferworld UK and the European Union.

Mane, Purnima Ms. (Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA)

Ms. Mane has devoted her career to advocating for population and development issues and sexual and

reproductive health. Prior to joining UNFPA, Ms. Mane served in several international positions,

including Director of Policy, Evidence and Partnership at UNAIDS; Chief Fund Portfolio Director and

Director, Asia at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and Vice-President and

Director of International Programmes at the Population Council. She worked for over a decade on public

health and gender-related issues in India.

Ms. Mane serves as UN Assistant Secretary-General. She holds a doctorate degree from the Tata

Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India. She has co-authored and edited a number of books and is a

founding editor of the journal Culture, Health and Sexuality.


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Mashayekhi, Mina Ms. (Chief of Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch, UNCTAD) (Chair)

Mina Mashayekhi is the Head of Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch at UNCTAD in

the Division on International Trade. She holds an LL.B. from University of Cambridge and an LL.M., from

University of London, London School of Economics. She has pursued doctoral studies at the Graduate

Institute of International Studies, Geneva. Her professional experience encompasses trade policy-

oriented analytical work on a variety of trade related issues. She advises developing countries on

international trading system and multilateral and regional trade negotiations including on Doha Round ,

WTO Agreements, Services and the GATS, WTO accessions, RTAs. She has published articles on trade

issues in various journals and UN publications.

Monasebian, Simone Ms. (Chief, New York Office, UNODC)

Simone Monasebian has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending accused war criminals, as

well as providing media commentary on and teaching war crimes related subjects. Ms. Monasebian is

currently the Chief of the New York Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),

which is tasked with promoting justice globally. She is also CourtTV's Legal Analyst for the Saddam

Hussein Trial, and an Adjunct Professor of International Criminal Law at Seton Hall Law School’s Cairo

program, at the American University.

Prior to her appointment with the UNODC, Ms. Monasebian served as Principal Defender of the Special

Court for Sierra Leone. Pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1315 (2000), the Special Court, is

mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone

since 30 November 1996. As the Principal Defender at an international war crimes tribunal, Ms.

Monasebian was responsible for developing the Defence Office and ensuring the rights of suspects and

accused persons by providing an institutional counterbalance to the Prosecution.

Before joining the Special Court, Ms. Monasebian was a Trial Attorney with the United Nations

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR"), Office of the Prosecutor, where she prosecuted

war criminals in complex, multi-defendant cases pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 955

(1994). She was one of the prosecutors responsible for the December 2003 landmark convictions of

three media executives who fanned the flames of genocide in their newspaper and radio station. That

case raised important principles concerning the role of the media, which had not been addressed at

the level of international criminal justice since Nuremberg.

Morgan, Richard, Mr. (Director, Policy and Practice, UNICEF)

Richard Morgan is the Director of Policy at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), responsible for

organizational standards and practice in the areas of gender, children's rights, child and youth

participation and communication for development. Richard also leads UNICEF's work on child statistics

and advocacy for child-focused social and economic policies.

Richard worked in Africa for more than two decades as a development planner, rural development


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specialist, social sector advisor and humanitarian programme manager. He was a civil servant with the

Government of Botswana at central and local government levels, before joining UNICEF.

Richard is a graduate of the University of Oxford, UK (BA in Economics, Politics and Philosophy) and

obtained his Masters Degree in Development Economics at the University of East Anglia.

Pawliczko, Ann Dr. (Senior Project Adviser, Population and Development Branch, Technical Support. Division, UNFPA)

Ann Pawliczko is Senior Project Adviser in the Technical Division at the United Nations Population Fund

which she joined in 1996. She serves as focal point for ageing and migration and technical adviser to

UNFPA's project on data collection of resource flows for population activities. She oversees UNFPA's

ageing and migration activities at global level, collaborates with partners to raise awareness,

strengthen capacity and build a knowledge base, and provides technical guidance and support to

UNFPA regional and country offices. Dr. Pawliczko prepares UNFPA's annual Financial Resource Flows

for Population Activities and the reports of the Secretary-General to the Commission on Population

and Development on international assistance and domestic funding for population activities. She holds

a Ph.D. in demography and sociology from Fordham University.

Pécoud, Antoine Dr. (Programme Specialist, International Migration and Multicultural Policies Section, Sector for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO)

Antoine Pecoud holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from Oxford University and has been affiliated to

different research centers in the UK, Germany, and France. He is Programme Specialist at the

International Migration and Multicultural Policies Section, Division of Social Sciences, Research and

Policy of the UNESCO.

He is Doctor by the Oxford University and has been Postdoctoral research fellow, Unité de Recherches

Migrations et Société (URMIS), University of Paris 7 & University of Nice, France. His recent publications

are: (2009) Migration and Human Rights. The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers’ Rights

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Paul de Guchteneire and Ryszard Cholewinski); (2008) La

Convention des Nations Unies sur les Droits des Travailleurs Migrants. Enjeux et Perspectives, Hommes

et Migrations 1271 (with Paul de Guchteneire). (2007) Migration without Borders. Essays on the Free

Movement of People, Oxford: Berghahn (with Paul de Guchteneire); (2009) ‘The UN Convention on

Migrant Workers’ Rights and International Migration Management’, Global Society. Journal of

Interdisciplinary International Relations, forthcoming. He is also referee of some journals including:

Global Networks, International Journal on Multicultural Societies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration

Studies, International Social Science Journal, Critique Internationale, International Migration Review.

Plaza, Sonia Dr. (Senior Economist, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Prospects Group, World Bank)

Sonia Plaza is currently a Senior Economist in the Development Economics Prospect Group of the World

Bank. She has worked on Science and Technology projects in Latin American and co-authored a major


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analytical survey of migration and development for the Africa region.

Sonia was born in Lima, Peru. Her father had a constructing firm, so some of her earliest childhood

memories are of traveling with him to poor areas including Ayacucho where he was working on projects.

This is how she was first exposed to development work, and it shaped her.

Sonia attended the University of Lima and earned a degree in Economics, after which she joined Chase

Manhattan Bank, and was then invited to join the Peruvian Ministry of Trade as a manager responsible

for counter trade and debt swap agreements. She also has a dual degree from Yale University and the

University of Pennsylvania in International Economics and Development.

Puri, Lakshmi, Ms. (Assistant Secretary-General, UN Women)

Ms. Lakshmi Puri was appointed as Assistant Secretary General for Intergovernmental Support and

Strategic Partnerships at UN Women in March 2011.

In this position within UN Women, Ms. Puri is responsible for the leadership and management of the

Bureau supporting inter-governmental bodies, UN coordination and external relations. She also serves

as one of the two Deputies to the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet.

Ms. Puri brings a wealth of experience to this position and has worked in different capacities for

gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of development, human rights, and peace

and security. Following a distinguished career with the Indian Foreign Service for 28 years, where she

held various posts in political and economic policy making and bilateral and multilateral diplomacy,

including as Ambassador of India to Hungary and concurrently accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina

from 1999 to 2002, Ms. Puri joined the United Nations in 2002.

Ms. Puri was the Director of UNCTAD’s Division of International Trade in Goods, Services and

Commodities from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009 she served as UNCTAD’s Acting Deputy Secretary

General providing strategic direction and oversight to the organization.

Since 2009 she has been Director at the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed

Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

Ms. Puri has a BA Honours from Delhi University and Masters of Arts in Humanities from Punjab

University in India.

Quiñónez, Alfonso Amb. (Secretary of External Relations of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Member of UNITAR Board of Trustees)

Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez is the Secretary for External Relations of the Organization of American

States which is responsible for the promotion and image of the Organization. His Secretariat also

coordinates the relations with other International Organizations, Permanent Observers and Civil

Society as well as the fund raising efforts and cultural activities of the Organization. Previously, he

served as the Executive Secretary for Integral Development and Director General of the Inter American


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Agency for Cooperation and Development. In this capacity, he was responsible for coordinating the

OAS’ political and cooperation efforts in the areas of social and economic development, particularly in

education, labor, culture, science and technology, trade, tourism and sustainable development. He

was also responsible for overseeing the Fellowship and Training programs of the OAS.

Previously, he held the position of Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS. Prior to

that position, he was the Director of the Department of Policies and Programs for Development. He

joined the OAS in July, 2001 as Director of the Department of Cooperation Policies.

During ten years, Ambassador Quiñónez was a member of the Guatemalan Foreign Service, having

held positions in Spain, the United States, and from January, 1998 through April, 2000, Ambassador,

Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. As a member of the Guatemalan

Foreign Service and then as a member of the OAS General Secretariat, Ambassador Quinonez has

participated in multiple international conferences and meetings. Currently, he is a member of the

Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

Ambassador Quiñónez is an attorney graduated from Francisco Marroquin University of Guatemala

and holds a masters degree in Common Law Studies from Georgetown University. He was also a

fellow at the School of Public Affairs of the University of Maryland, studying United States Foreign

Policy Making. He was also a fellow at the Inter-American Defense College, having been the first

Guatemalan civilian that attended that institution. During 2000 and 2001, he was a professor in the

Schools of Law and International Relations of the Francisco Marroquin University in his native

Guatemala. Currently he is a member of Master of Arts in Integral Economic Development from the

Department of Business and Economics of The Catholic University of America.

Ratha, Dilip Dr. (Lead Economist and Manager, Migration and Remittances Unit, The World Bank)

Dilip Ratha is a Lead Economist and the Manager of the Migration and Remittances Unit at the World

Bank in Washington, DC. He acts as a focal point for the Bank’s activities and international partnerships

on migration and development. Mr. Ratha also leads the Migrating out of Poverty research

consortium, a multidisciplinary collaboration among six universities and research institutions in Africa,

Asia, and Europe. He has advised many governments and international forums including the Global

Forum on Migration and Development, the Global Remittances Working Group, and World Economic

Forum Global Agenda Council on migration. His expertise includes migration, remittances, and

innovative financing. Prior to joining the World Bank, he was a regional economist for Asia at Credit

Agricole Indosuez, Singapore; an assistant professor of economics at the Indian Institute of

Management, Ahmedabad; and an economist at the Policy Group, New Delhi. He has a PhD in

economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi.

Saad, Paulo M. Dr. (Chief, Population and Development Area, Population Division, ECLAC)

Dr. Paulo Murad Saad is the Chief of the Population and Development Area of the Latin American and

Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - the Population Division of the United Nations Economic


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Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Mr. Saad holds a PhD in Sociology from the

University of Texas at Austin, a Master’s degree in Demography from El Colegio de México, and a

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of São Paulo. Before joining ECLAC in 2007, he

served as Population Affairs Officer for eight years at the Population Division of the United Nations

Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in New York.

Santos Pais, Marta Ms. (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Violence against Children)

Marta Santos Pais is the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence

against Children. She brings to this position more than 30 years of experience on human rights issues,

engagement in United Nations and intergovernmental processes and a firm commitment to the rights

of the child.

Before her appointment, Marta Santos Pais was the Director of the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre ,

a position she held since 2001. She joined UNICEF in 1997 as Director of Evaluation, Policy and

Planning. Previously she was the Rapporteur of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and Vice-

Chair of the Coordinating Committee on Childhood Policies of the Council of Europe. Ms Santos Pais

was a Special Adviser to the UN Study on Violence against Children and to the Machel Study on the

Impact of Armed Conflict on Children.

Marta Santos Pais is a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of

Children’s Rights, and a member of the Advisory Board of the International Inter-disciplinary Course on

Children’s Rights. Previously, she was also a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International

Child Centre in Paris, and Visiting Professor at the International University in Lisbon, Portugal. In

Portugal, she was Senior Legal Adviser for human rights in the Comparative Law Office and a member

of the Portuguese Commission for the Promotion of Human Rights and Equality.

Marta Santos Pais is the author of a large number of publications on human rights and children’s

rights. She was a member of the UN Drafting Group of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child

and of its two Optional Protocols. She participated in the development of a number of other

international human rights standards.

Šimonović, Ivan Mr. (Assistant Secretary-General, OHCHR)

Ivan Šimonović assumed his functions as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights on 17 July 2010,

heading OHCHR’s New York Office.

Before joining the United Nations, from 2008 he held the position of Minister of Justice of Croatia.

Previously Mr. Šimonović was Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Permanent

Representative to the United Nations in New York, where he served as Senior Vice-President and

President of the Economic and Social Council from 2001 to 2003.

A Croatian national, Mr. Šimonović worked as a professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of

Zagreb, where he served as Head of the Legal Theory Department, Vice-Dean and Vice-Rector for


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international cooperation. He has experience and has published extensively in the fields of international

relations, law, human rights, and development of national institutions. In an expert capacity, he has

been a member of the Council of Europe’s Commission for Democracy through Law (i.e. the Venice

Commission) and the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), as well as the Agent

of the Republic of Croatia before the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Mr. Šimonović has a graduate degree in law, a master’s degree in public administration and politics,

and a Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb and was a visiting scholar at the Universities of Graz and

Yale. Mr. Šimonović was born in 1959 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Strauss, Anke Ms. (Deputy Permanent Observer, IOM)

Ms. Anke Strauss is the Deputy Permanent Observer/Liaison Officer of the IOM Office of the

Permanent Observer to the United Nations. Ms. Strauss has been working as Liaison Officer with the

Office of the IOM Permanent Observer office to the United Nations since June 2005. She follows a

wider variety of migration related, humanitarian and peace building issues. She joined IOM in 2001 as

Senior Legal Officer within the German Forced Labour Compensation Programme at IOM in Geneva.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Strauss worked on humanitarian and transitional justice issues in Sarajevo

and Berlin. Ms. Strauss is a German national and holds a law degree with the qualification as judge.

Sutherland, Peter Mr. (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Migration)

Peter Sutherland was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations

on International Migration and Development on 23 January 2006. In his public career he has been

Attorney General of Ireland, a European Commissioner and Director General of GATT and the WTO. He

has been Chairman of the European Institute of Public Administration and chaired The Report on the

functioning of the Internal Market (1992) for the European Union. He also chaired the Advisory Board on

the Future of the WTO. He was a member of the Commission on Human Security. He is currently

Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and was Chairman of BP p.l.c. (1997-2009). He has received

numerous national decorations and honorary degrees for his work on regional and global

interdependence.

Swing, William Lacy Amb. (Director General, IOM) On 18 June 2008, Ambassador William Lacy Swing of the United States was elected as the next Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He assumed his post on 1 October 2008.

From May 2003 till January 2008, as UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ambassador Swing successfully led all facets of the largest UN peacekeeping operation in history. Prior to his work in the DRC, Ambassador Swing served from 2001 to 2003 as the Special Representative to the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Chief of Mission for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

During a long diplomatic career at the US Department of State, Mr. Swing was a six-time ambassador, managing some of the largest diplomatic missions and foreign development and humanitarian aid programmes in two hemispheres, with a record of strengthening bilateral relationships.


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Through his diplomatic assignments in countries facing significant migration movements, he has acquired a deep understanding of the multiple factors affecting international migration.

Ambassador Swing graduated from Catawba College in North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts) and Yale University (Bachelor of Divinity), and did post-graduate studies at Tubingen University in Germany and at Harvard University. He speaks fluent French and German.

Thouez, Colleen Dr. (Senior Adviser for Research and Training, UNITAR)

Dr. Colleen Thouez is a Senior Adviser for Research and Training, UNITAR New York Office. As the main

training arm of the UN, UNITAR provides capacity building in the fields of economic and social affairs

and peace and security issues to over 80,000 government officials each year. Previously, Colleen

served as Senior Policy Advisor for the Secretariat of the Global Commission on International

Migration. For eight years, Colleen lectured on migration and refugee issues to government officials in

most regions of the world. From 2000-2004, she was the training focal point of the South Eastern

Europe Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings. In 1999-2000, she was contracted by

UNHCR to author the Assessment Report of the Conference Process (1996-2000) of the Regional

Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary

Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the CIS and Relevant Neighbouring States.

Toll, Mary Jo (Sisters of Notre Dame)

Mary Jo Toll is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame, an organization present on five continents,

doing work in development, especially for women and girls. Sr. Mary Jo has a background in teaching

at the high school and college level in the areas of her academic preparation: government, economics,

social studies, and languages. Subsequently she worked with migrants, especially youth, for 20 years in

the 18 counties of northwest Ohio, founding and directing the outreach project En Camino. En Camino

facilitates capacity building and access for migrants in the areas of health, education, legal issues, and

spirituality. Travel to Latin America was a vital part of learning from the migrants in their country of

origin.

Since 2007, she has represented her organization at the United Nations, working on the issues of

migration and human trafficking with a particular view to assist women and girls. In this capacity, she is

a member of the NGO Committee on Migration and has participated in numerous conferences and

strategy building efforts on behalf of migrants, including the Global Forum on Migration and

Development.

Weekers, Jacqueline Ms. (Senior Migrant Health Officer, WHO)

Jacqueline Weekers has been working in the domain of migration health for some 18 years. She is

currently employed at the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland as the senior Migrant Health Officer. She

promotes migrant health within the Organization and among stakeholders, develops related activities

and builds partnerships across sectors. In 2010, she organized the Global Consultation on Migrant

Health in Madrid. Until 2009 she was employed at the IOM as the senior Migration Health Policy Advisor


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and was responsible for programme management covering refugees, IDPs, trafficked populations,

migrants in irregular situations and other vulnerable migrant groups across all geographical regions.

Before joining the international community, she worked as a psychologist in the USA and The

Netherlands.

Zlotnik, Hania Dr. (Director, United Nations Population Division)

Hania Zlotnik is the Director of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social

Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. A Mexican national, Ms. Zlotnik studied mathematics at the

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and holds a Ph.D. in Statistics and Demography

from Princeton University. During her long career at the Division, which she joined in 1982, Ms. Zlotnik

has worked in all the major areas of population research, serving as Chief of the Mortality and

Migration Section (1993-1999), chief of the Population Estimates and Projections Section (1999-2003),

and Assistant Director (2003-2005) from 2003 to 2005, overseeing work on fertility, mortality and

migration. She was appointed Director of the Population Division in February 2005; she is the tenth

person to serve as Director of the Division and the first woman to do so. Ms. Zlotnik has edited or

written numerous reports published by the United Nations, including studies of international migration

and development, trends in international migration, female migration, population distribution and

migration, population estimates and projections, population ageing, and levels and trends of

urbanization. Her work has contributed in particular to provide better estimates of international

migration worldwide and to the improvement of statistics on international migration. Ms. Zlotnik has

been an active member of several professional associations, serving as Board Member for the

Population Association of America from 2001 to 2003 and as Vice-President of the International Union

for the Study of Population (IUSSP) from 2001 to 2005.

Zukang, Sha Mr. (Under-Secretary-General UN/DESA)

A career diplomat, Mr. Sha Zukang became the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic

and Social Affairs on 1 July 2007. As such, he heads the Department of Economic and Social Affairs,

which is responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and Conferences, and

services the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council as

well as the vast majority of its functional commissions and expert bodies. He also convenes the

Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, the UN Secretariat’s network for joint planning

and initiatives on development.

In 2010, Mr. Sha Zukang was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on

Sustainable Development. The Conference, also known as Rio + 20, will be convened in Brazil in 2012.

Mr. Sha has extensive experience with multilateral organizations and international conferences. He was

Chairman of the Preparatory Committee and Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, United Nations

Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 11th session from 2003 to 2004, President of the

Trade and Development Board, 50th Session of UNCTAD, Chairperson of the Government group of the

Governing Body of the International Labour Organization from 2002 to 2003, and member of the UN


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Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament matters from 1994 to 1999. In addition, he has

served as president, vice-president, chairperson, coordinator and expert in many international

conferences in the field of arms control, trade, intellectual property, social affairs, and

telecommunications, among others.

Mr. Sha established the Department of Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and

became its first Director-General. He participated, as chief negotiator or representative of the Chinese

government, in the negotiation and review of many important international treaties on arms control and

disarmament such as Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Nuclear Test

Ban Treaty, Chemical Weapons Convention, Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Convention on

Certain Conventional Weapons. He made great contributions to mine clearance in China and many parts

of the world. He encouraged the development of Chinese non-governmental organizations, and

facilitated the opening of offices in China by international organizations.

His postings in diplomatic missions abroad included London, Colombo, New Delhi, New York and

Geneva. Prior to assuming his present position in the United Nations, he was Ambassador and

Permanent Representative of the Chinese Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Mr. Sha was born in September 1947. He is a native of Jiangsu Province and is married, with one son. He

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ANNEX 5 -

MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH MIGRANTS:

THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACH AT THE GMG SYMPOSIUM

Globally, there are approximately 35 million international migrants between the ages of 10 and 24

years, which represent about 17 per cent of the 214 million international migrants. Despite the growing

number of young people affected by international migration, youth migration has been largely absent in

migration and policy debates. This has been due to their lack of visibility and of disaggregated data. It

has been observed that young people are important stakeholders in international migration policies.

However, they are largely invisible in research, public debates, and policies related to international

migration3.

The Global Migration Group (GMG) Symposium held on 17–18 May 2011 under the theme

“Migration, Adolescents and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development”, marked an

achievement towards enhancing youth participation in the migration debate and upholding their right to

participation as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child by:

• Acknowledging youth as agents of change in addressing the challenges associated with youth

migration.

• Providing a space where adolescents and youth could share their experiences, best practices and

recommendations.

Methodology of Youth Participation

A participatory and experiential learning methodology was adopted for the GMG Symposium –

leading to young people playing an active role with the support of well-experienced experts. The five

youth participants attended a one-day preparatory workshop, designed to enable them to bring youth

experiences and perspectives into the GMG Symposium in a meaningful way. In this workshop, youth

delegates focused on discussing their views, daily-life experiences as immigrants, and recommendations,

which ultimately enabled them to contribute their perspectives and recommendations to the

Symposium.

This approach showed how meaningful youth participation can avoid the pitfalls of tokenism, as

well as how youth and adolescents often are agents of change in their communities and societies.

Young Voices and Action: Youth Perspectives on Shaping the Present and the Future of Migration and

Development:

During Session 2 on “Youth Migration from a Youth Perspective”, youth participants made several

key points that influenced the discussion beyond that Session. The issues and recommendations raised

by youth delegates included the following four critical messages:

3 See: UNICEF - Children Youth and Migration.

http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/turin/Turin_Statements/UNICEF.pdf and UNFPA, Moving young : State of the world population 2006 – youth supplement: New York: United Nations Populations Fund.


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• Create opportunities for meaningful and inclusive participation of youth in migration policy

debates: Young people should be recognized as key actors in social change and decision making.

Youth participants stressed that steps to minimizing the costs and maximizing the benefits of

migration should first consider the formal and active participation of young migrants in the

migration policy debate at the local, national and international levels while avoiding tokenism. Such

engagement of young migrants can provide first-hand information about the daily challenges of

young migrants and how migration and development policies can better address their needs.

• Promote the social inclusion, protection and human rights of young migrants: The composition of

young migrants remains heterogeneous, with vulnerable and minority groups requiring special

attention. Special inclusive measures should be taken to ensure meaningful participation of the

most marginalised young migrants, such as girls and young women, disabled migrants, and migrants

belonging to minority groups. The desire for personal development - ranging from family

reunification to the desire for better education and employment opportunities – constitutes a key

driver of youth migration. However, young people face difficulties that hinder their personal

development and their ability to integrate into their new society. Such difficulty is evident for

instance in the lack of adequate facilities to support them in learning a foreign language or acquiring

a bilingual education. Moreover, young migrants face social discrimination and lack or remain

unaware of opportunities for civic engagement, leadership and empowerment programmes.

Furthermore, young undocumented migrants – including second- and third-generation immigrants –

face challenges in their quest to pursue higher education or access the formal labor market. Youth

participants stressed that these challenges make immigrants, especially young women, particularly

vulnerable to all forms of abuse.

• Address the root causes of youth migration: Young people are forced by factors ranging from war

to unemployment to undertake perilous journeys in an attempt to reach the so-called greener

pastures of Western countries. Youth participants called for sending countries to create the

necessary opportunities for youth development and civic engagement. Such opportunities could

come in the form of employment, educational opportunities, and meaningful youth participation in

the governance process of their countries of origin. This would make migration a choice instead of a

necessity.

• Meaningful engagement by media and educational institutions in promoting awareness of issues

affecting young migrants: Media and educational institutions have proven an important tool in

shaping perceptions and outcomes of key development issues. The role of media and education in

migration issues remains crucial, especially in promoting migrant rights, tolerance, multiculturalism,

and the development prospects of youth migration, as well as raising awareness of the daily

challenges of migrants (in particular of indigenous populations) and demising the use of negative

language when referring to migrants.

In conclusion, youth are important stakeholders in shaping migration policies and the development

prospects of young migrants thanks to the experiential insights that they bring to the table through

meaningful participation in migration debates. It is thus important to ensure the full inclusion of young

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new social media in migration discussions, and undertake research on the extent to which the

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ANNEX 6- BRIEFING NOTE GUIDELINES


“Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development” 17 – 18 May 2011, New York

Guidelines for Briefing Papers

Purpose

The objective of the briefing papers is twofold: 1) to provide the basis for discussion by highlighting the

most relevant issues related to the questions suggested for each session and 2) to identify messages to

be conveyed to the GA informal debate.

The briefing papers produced by the GMG will serve as inputs on a number of issues related to

migration, development and youth. As in previous years, the papers will be shared with participants via

the GMG website to situate and center the conversation on particular points that are relevant for each

topic/cluster. The papers will then serve as the basis for advocacy at key meetings such as GFMD 2011,

LDC-IV Conference, Rio+10, and the World Youth Conference.

Authors

Seven clusters of two to three agencies each have been suggested for each Symposium session.

Each cluster – under the leadership of one self-selected agency – will take responsibility for preparing a

joint briefing paper for their respective session. Other agencies interested in joining a particular cluster

are free to communicate their preferences with cluster leaders.

Outline

The seven briefing papers should frame the discussion of each session by:

1. Introducing the issue(s); 2. Presenting the current state of knowledge and evidence; 3. Highlighting the main gaps and challenges; and 4. Providing policy recommendations. As stated in the Symposium Concept Note, each issue should be approached from human rights, gender,

and South-South perspectives.

Format

All background papers should be 2-4 pages long, using font Arial, size 10 point, according to template

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ANNEX 7 -

STATEMENT OF THE GLOBAL MIGRATION GROUP AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INFORMAL THEMATIC DEBATE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND

DEVELOPMENT

Statement of the Global Migration Group (GMG)4

General Assembly Informal Thematic Debate on International Migration and Development

19 May 2011

Anthony Lake, Chair-in-Office of the GMG and Executive Director,

United Nations Children’s Fund

“Improving international cooperation on migration and development –

How can the international community best support cooperation?”

Introduction

Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. Joseph Deiss, His Excellency President of the General Assembly, Mr. Peter

Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Migration, Dr. Koser,

Excellencies, distinguished delegates and guests, colleagues,

I have the honor to address you today as the Chair of the Global Migration Group (GMG),which

encompasses 15United Nations entities plus the International Organization for Migration.

Separately and collectively, members of the Global Migration Group serve intergovernmental bodies,

including this one, in a variety of ways. These include: conducting relevant policy research; analyzing

4The Global Migration Group (GMG) is an inter-agency group bringing together 16 agencies including ILO, IOM, OHCHR, UNCTAD, UN/DESA,

UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNODC, UN Regional Commissions, UN Women, World Bank, and WHO.


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global trends; monitoring the implementation of international instruments, such as those which address

the rights of migrant workers and members of their families, refugees, human trafficking, and migrant

smuggling; and providing guidance on maximizing the value of remittances.

Through our respective constituents, partnerships and networks, we work with all stakeholders –

including Governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, migrant associations, and civil society –

to coordinate a truly global approach to addressing the challenges and harnessing the benefits

associated with international migration in a changing world.

The Global Picture

As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said, we live in an age of mobility, a time when more people are

on the move than at any other time in human history. Today, approximately 214 million people, or

around 3 percent of the world’s population, live outside their countries of birth.

Thanks to the work of GMG members and others, we know more about migrants and trends in

migration than ever. For example, we know that girls and women now account for nearly half of all

international migrants, and that 16 percent of all international migrants are under age 20. We also

know that migrants from developing countries who live in other developing countries are as numerous

as those who live in developed countries.

As we hope to illustrate in this statement, the positive potential of migration is great, just as the

challenges it presents are many -- from ensuring migrants’ human rights to maximizing the value they

bring to their countries of origin, transit and destination. The task for the international community is

clear: How can we work together to meet these challenges and reap the opportunities of global

migration? How can we empower migrants and foster an environment that facilitates their contributions

to human development generally and, more specifically, to the achievement of the Millennium

Development Goals?

Migration and Development: Positive and Negative Effects

Migration and development are inextricably linked. The impact of migration extends far beyond

migrants themselves to those they leave behind, as well as to the communities and countries in which

they work, travel and make their homes.

Remittances – private contributionsearned and sent home by migrants – are among the most positive

apparent effects of migration, with the potential to greatly improve the standard of living of migrants

themselves and those left behind.

Officially recorded remittance flows to developing countries totaled US$325 billion in 2010, and are

expected to grow between 7 and 8 percent annually to reach US$404 billion by 2013. These funds far

exceed the volume of official aid flows. Compared with private capital flows to developing countries,

which have declined steeply in the continuing global financial crisis, remittances have remained resilient.


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At the same time, “social remittances” -- flows of new ideas, products, information, technology, and

practices – also provide a significant benefit to migrants and their families.

While labour migration opportunities, diaspora-related initiatives, and social and financial remittances

can be powerful development tools, they are by no means a complete solution to the lack of

opportunity and discrimination that so often prompts migration in the first place. Neither are they a

substitute for government programmes and critical support systems in developing countries. Rather,

they should be seen as complements of sound economic and social policies designed to improve

people’s lives.

Further, while migration can aid development and reduce poverty, it can also create significant

challenges to development. For example, as workers with specialized skills often migrate in search of

better opportunities, labor markets in developing countries of origin may experience a decrease in the

availability of skilled labor. Migration also can increase social inequity, particularly in countries of origin,

as families receiving remittances are better able to afford everything from basic necessities to health

and education servicesthan those who do not receive these benefits. And migration also has social

costs, most notably the disruption of families when spouses, children, and the elderly are left behind.

This is especially true when women migrate, often increasing the need for critical support services.

Finally, while all migrants may face heightened risk of discrimination, migrants in irregular situations are

more vulnerable to abuse of their fundamental human rights, often being denied even the most basic

labor protections, due process guarantees, personal security and access to health services. Many are

afraid or unable to seek protection and relief from authorities. And while trafficking affects women, men

and children of all ages, migrant women and girls are atincreased risk of trafficking, as well as gender-

based violence andsexual and reproductive health problems.

Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development

Children and young people also are increasingly affected by international migration. As earlier

mentioned, globally there are approximately 35 million international migrants between the ages of 10

and 24 years, with significant regional variations.

Earlier this week, the GMG hosted a symposium here in New York to address the ways international

migration affects the lives and well-being of these young people, both migrants and non-migrants. This

symposium brought together participants from Member States, GMG member agencies, civil society and

academia, and it also provided a forum for young migrants themselves.

During the symposium, we reviewed the latest evidence of the impact of migration on children and

young people, and discussed trends, including the rise in youth migration through both regular and

irregular channels. We also discussed the challenges young people face, whether they migrate alone,

are accompanied by parents or family members, stay behind in countries of origin, or are born in

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We learned that young migrants are a very heterogeneous group, and leave home for many different

reasons. Many migrate in search of employment. But many others flee their countries of origin because

of persecution, armed conflict and other violent threats. Still others leave home due to natural disasters

and the intensifying effects of global environmental change. We discussed the heightened risks of

exploitation and abuse so many young migrants face, especially those in irregular situations, who are

unaccompanied by parents, and especially those who are smuggled and trafficked.

The symposium also documented the beneficial impact of remittances on young people, families and

communities in countries of origin. In particular, children and young people living in remittance-

receiving households have better education and health outcomes. However, the Symposium also

addressed the psycho-social impact on children and young people living in households where one or

both parents were working abroad.

Benchmarks of International Cooperation

Clearly, international migration is an increasingly global phenomenon requiring a truly global approach,

anchored in a system of rights and corresponding obligations established by international legal

standards and instruments.

The process to develop such a framework began in 1994 at the International Conference on Population

and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. The Programme of Action underlined the need for a comprehensive

approach to the management of migration and policy development,calling for international support to

governments in terms of capacity building, training and mutual cooperation.

Twelve years later, participants at the 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and

Development agreed on the pressing need to further complement national migration and development

strategies with strengthened bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation (A/61/515).

More recently, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) has made significant strides

toward a more comprehensive, balanced and cooperative approach to international migration.

With most migration taking place within regions, regional collaboration is critical. To that end, he GMG

works at the regional level with Member States to support cooperation, to carry out projects, to develop

networks, and to provide support. Regional Consultative Processes on migration (RCPs) have emerged in

most regions across the world over the past 20 years and now constitute important building blocks for

developing mutual understanding, capacity and cooperation on the multidimensional aspects of

migration.

We also work to build national capacity, supporting Governments’ efforts to mainstream migration into

national development plans. We recently published a Handbook on Mainstreaming Migration into

Development Planning. We will pilot the Handbook in four countries during the course of 2011.

Under the Joint Migration and Development Initiative, we have allocated 10 million euros to 54

migration and development projects carried out by local governments and civil society organizations in


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16 countries. We are also implementing 14 projects on youth, employment and migration, worth 80

million US dollars, as part of the MDG Achievement Fund.

By carrying out these projects, we are developing indicators to monitor and evaluate their results and to

assess their impact on development. We will share our experience with the Global Forum at workshop in

June of this year.

In these ways and others, the GMG is committed to supporting Member States’ efforts to improve the

lives and well-being of migrants and enhance the contribution of migration to poverty reduction and the

implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

Three Key Areas for Increasing International Co-operation

As we take stock and look ahead to the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and

Development, it is clear that much more remains to be done. Dialogue, consultation, and partnerships

have never been more important. We have more to learn from each other than ever before. Speaking

on behalf of the GMG, I would like to outline three key areas in which we might focus our joint efforts.

First, any international framework must embrace a proactive and human rights-based approach to

regular and safe migration. The benefits of migration for development can only be truly maximized

when migration occurs out of choice, safely, and through regular channels. Therefore, stakeholders in

countries of origin, transit and destination must work in partnership to facilitate regular migration.

International cooperation in this area should include: promoting economic growth and sustainable

development so that migration can take place as a matter of choice rather than out of necessity of

migration; developing policies for regular migration in the context of bilateral, regional and global

frameworks; allowing for temporary movement of persons in a manner that benefits both countries of

origin and destination and protects the rights of the migrant; providing coordinated assistance to victims

of trafficking and to smuggled migrants; cooperating to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and

the smuggling of migrants;improving integration and reducing the incidence of xenophobia, racism and

discrimination against migrants; and protecting, respecting and ensuring the human rights of all

migrants and members of their families.

Among other efforts to guide us, the United National Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

and its Protocols provide States with a framework to increase international cooperation to address

unsafe migration, especially in relation to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.

Second, we must strengthen international efforts to protect the rights of migrant workers and their

families. As a starting point, the GMG urges those states that have not yet done so toratify and

implement all relevant international human rights instruments, including the International Convention

on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the ILO

Conventions Nos. 97 and 143 on migrant workers, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its

optional protocols and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.


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The rights contained in these Conventions protect migrants, allowing them to live safe and dignified

lives, and to maximize their contributions as productive workers, entrepreneurs and members of

society. In particular, enforcing labor rights facilitates migrants’ access to essential services and decent

living standards. This not only benefits host countries but also accelerates progress toward the MDGs by

promoting development and enhancing equity.

International cooperation in this area should include: devising rights-based, gender-sensitive policies for

recruiting migrant labor,with a view to facilitating migrants’ access to decent work, skills recognition and

training; increasing the portability or transferability of social security benefits, such as pensions and

health insurance;and developing policies against discrimination and exploitation in the workplace.

Third, we must work together to ensure that the potential for migrant remittances is fully realized. As

previously discussed, remittances are a key benefit of migration, improving the standard of living both

for migrants and their dependents. While significant progress has been made in recent years to

maximize the value of migrants’ remittances and reduce transaction costs, further effort is needed to

strengthen formal remittance channels and make use of new technologies.

To that end, discussion should focus on how we can work together to promote greater transparency,

accountability, efficiency and competition in the remittance service industry. This should include

advocating for appropriate regulations for telecommunications companies offering financial services. At

the same time, we should work to increase migrants’ access to financial services in countries of origin

and destination, especially in rural areas, and to provide incentives that encourage migrants and their

dependents to allocate remittances to household savings, education and health. Finally, we should find

new ways of working together to enhance the value of social remittances – skills and experiences that

migrants gain and which can further contribute to development in their countries of origin.

Your Excellencies,

We have tried to outline the most pressing issues we need to address as an international community to

realize the full potential of migration to increase development and improve the lives of millions of

migrants and their families. Clearly, international migration is a complex issue, requiring concerted,

coordinated effort.

Today’s debate carries forward that effort, which began 17 years ago in Cairo and has only increased in

scope and complexity since then. Now we must seize the opportunity to build on this momentum and

widen the scope and depth of the discussion as we move towards the 2013 High-level Dialogue.

To borrow once again from the Secretary-General, “Migration can be an enormous force for good. If we better manage our shared interests, we can together help to usher in an era where more people than ever before begin to share in the world's prosperity.”

On behalf of the Global Migration Group, we look forward to working with you – and engaging with all stakeholders –to achieve that important goal. Thank you.


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ANNEX 8 - MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:

PRIORITIES FOR ACTION


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ANNEX 9 - ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION:

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ANNEX 10 - EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE


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ANNEX 11 - OVERVIEW OF EVALUATION SURVEY RESPONSES

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Question 2: Overall, how valuable was the Symposium to you?

Programme Substance 4.16 4.04 4.00 4.44 4.57 4

Quality of Speakers 4.07 4.04 3.93 4.33 4.14 4

Organization of the Symposium 4.28 4.15 4.21 4.56 4.57 4

Question 3: Value and benefit of Symposium content

Was the information presented in the Symposium

new to you? 3.75 3.69 3.86 3.56 3.86 5

Was the content of the Symposium relevant to your

job? 4.33 4.23 4.50 4.33 4.43 4

Is it likely that you will use the

info/knowledge/skills gained in the Symposium? 4.20 4.12 4.29 4.38 4.14 4

Question 4: Overall organization

In relation to the amount of info presented, the

structure was 4.29 4.12 4.29 4.50 4.57 5


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In relation to the amount of info presented, the

duration was 4.09 3.76 4.21 4.33 4.83 4

Coherence and flow of the agenda 4.35 4.20 4.31 4.56 4.83 5

Length, quality and format of presentations 3.93 3.64 3.86 4.22 4.57 5

Timeliness 4.30 4.08 4.36 4.38 4.83 5

Time allotted for discussion/Q&A 3.77 3.44 3.64 4.33 4.29 5

Use of audio-visual aids 4.26 4.13 4.29 4.56 4.50 5

Question 5: Satisfaction with speakers

Presentation of information 4.14 4.12 4.00 4.33 4.29 4

Responses to participants 4.05 4.04 3.86 4.11 4.43 4

Question 6: How valuable were the individual sessions?

Opening Session 3.88 3.81 3.70 4.25 4.29 3

Introduction to the Symposium 3.76 3.64 3.62 4.43 4.14 3

Session 1 4.16 3.95 4.15 4.67 4.43 4

Roundtable 1.1 4.06 3.89 4.25 4.00 4.67

Roundtable 1.2 4.10 4.07 4.50 4.00 3.83 5

Session 2 4.14 4.00 4.43 4.57 3.86 4


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Session 3 4.00 4.05 3.92 4.14 4.50 3

Session 4 3.89 3.96 4.17 3.71 4.33 3

Session 5 3.97 4.14 4.08 4.29 4.50 2

Session 6 3.87 3.77 3.62 4.14 4.43 3

Closing Session 4.11 4.40 3.58 4.78 4.14 4

Question 7: What specific countries/regions, topics and speakers would you suggest for future Symposia?

Regions Asia-Pacific; Latin America; more focus on South-South migration; Africa; Middle East; Central Asia

Topics Where youth get information, how they communicate; impacts of migration on women;

trafficking; migration and security; cultural expressions; xenophobia; labor conditions; education in

emergency contexts

Speakers More civil society; government representatives; law enforcement officials; migrants; youth

Question 8: Additional comments?

� Evaluators noted that the challenges are understood, but that action steps are less clear � Evaluators appreciated the diversity of perspectives, and the sharing of individual experiences � The breaks were appreciated as they allowed opportunities for networking � The overall programme was seen as too attempting to cram too much in � The evaluators noted panels with 3 speakers were best � They noted that sometimes different speakers made the same points � They suggested more focus, in particular on youth � They suggested more time for Q&A � They disapproved of the overly proactive role of the Symposium facilitator � Webcasting was suggested

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