The International Forum for Social Development Seminar on International Migrants and Development was held on Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 3-6 p.m., Conference Room 2 at the United Nations, New York

Invited panellists were:

 Ms. Nadine Alvergue de Molina, Director General for Immigration, El Salvador
 Mr. Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Vice-Minister for North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
 Mr. Jan O. Karlsson, Minister for Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy, Sweden
 Ms. Susan F. Martin, Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, USA
 Mr. Michael D. Tlhomelang, Director, Ministry of Home Affairs, South Africa

The Panel was chaired by H.E. Ambassador Jean-Jacques Elmiger, Chairman, 42nd session of the Commission for Social Development