Fifth coordination meeting on international migration

Overview     

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Fifth Coordination Meeting on International Migration in response to General Assembly Resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004 on International Migration and Development, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate activities regarding international migration

The Meeting has two main objectives: (a) to discuss the implications of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which was conducted by the General Assembly on 14 and 15 September 2006; and (b) to exchange information on activities in the area of international migration and development of participating organizations.

Documents 

• Agenda

• Organization of work

• List of participants

• Report

Organization of work 

Contributed papers

• UN-OHRLLS. United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/01)

• UN-INSTRAW. Gender, Migration, Remittances and Development (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/02) 

• Paul de Guchteneire and Antoine Pécoud (UNESCO). UNESCO's Contribution to the work of the United Nations on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/03)

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Migration, remittances and rural development (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/04)

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA contribution to the Fifth Coordination Meeting on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/05)

• International Labour Office. Initiatives in international labour migration: the follow-up to the 'High-level Dialogue' (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/06)

• International Organization for Migration. High-level Dialogue follow-up and activities relating to international migration and development (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/07)

• Howard Duncan, Metropolis Project, Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Submission from the International Metropolis Project Fifth Coordination Meeting on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/08)

• IUSSP. Statement prepared by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) for the Fifth Coordination Meeting on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/09)

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Activities considered in light of the outcome of the high-level dialogue on international migration and development (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/10)

• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). UNITAR's migration related activities (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/11)

• UN-Habitat. UN-HABITAT's contribution to the work of the United Nations on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/12)

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Global Migration Group: policy research, data-collection and publications (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/13)

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF Report following the HLD on International Migration and Development: promoting the rights of children affected by migration, with UN partners
  (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/14) 

• United Nations Statistics Division/DESA. Definitions of remittances: United Nations Technical Subgroup on Movement of Persons - Mode 4 (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/15) 

• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Regional follow-up to the High-level Dialogue on international migration and development: an ESCAP perspective
  (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/16)

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Report on the activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), conducted through the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC in follow-up to the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (UN/POP/MIG-5CM/2006/17) 

Background papers

• The High-level Dialogue and Beyond

• Introduction by the Director of the Population Division

• Non-paper: Global Forum on Migration and Development - Government of Belgium

• The Global Migration Group - Brochure

Background documents

General Assembly documents

• Report of the Secretary-General for the Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly on International Migration and Development

General Assembly Resolutions

• General Assembly Resolution: International Migration and Development (A/RES/59/241)

• General Assembly Resolution: International Migration and Development (A/RES/58/208)

Other documents

• Report of the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)

• Report of the Fourth Coordination Meeting on International Migration, New York, 26-27 October 2005

• Summary of the High-level Dialogue by the President of the General Assembly (A/61/515) 

• Global Migration Group - Policy research, data collection and publications