Informal Thematic Debate on International Migration and Development

19 May 2011, United Nations Headquarters

Panelists and Chairs

• H.E. Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration, Chair, Panel 1
• Professor John Connell, Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney, Panel 1
• Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri, Chairperson of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and Member of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad, Panel 1
• H.E. Mr. Saqr Ghobash, Minister of Labour of the United Arab Emirates, Panel 2 (Arabic)
• Mr. Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, in his capacity as Chair of the Global Migration Group, Panel 2
• Ms. Thetis Mangahas, Senior Migration Specialist and Deputy Regional Director, Policy and Programmes, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Panel 2

Member States

• Mexico
• Morocco
  
• Netherlands
• Sweden (Panel 1) (Panel 2)

International Organizations

• H.E. Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration, Panel 2