Statements
High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
United Nations General Assembly, 14-15 September 2006
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14 September | 15 September
Thursday, 14 September 2006
MORNING SESSION |  [ Entire Video ]
PRESIDENT OF THE 61st GENERAL ASSEMBLY
H.E. Mrs. Sheikha Haya Rashed AL KHALIFA
UNITED NATIONS
H.E. MR. KOFI A. ANNAN, Secretary-General
TUNISIA
H.E. Mr. Ali HACHANI
Ambassador, President of the Economic and Social Counsel and Permanent Representative
THE REPUBLIC OF GABON
H.E. Mr. Didj ob DIVUNGI DI NDINGE
Vice-President
SOUTH AFRICA (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China)
H.E. Ms. Nosiviwe MAPISA-NQAKULA
Minister of Home Affairs
FINLAND (on behalf of the European Union)
H.E. Ms. Tarja FILATOV
Minister of Labour
MALTA
H.E. The Honourable Dr. Tonio BORG
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
GUYANA (on behalf of the Rio Group)
H.E. The Honourable Ms. Priya MANICKCHAND
Minister of Human Services and Social Security
BOTSWANA
H.E. The Honourable Major General Moeng R. PHETO, MP
Minister of Labour and Home Affairs
MOROCCO
H.E. Mr. Chakib BENMOUSSA
Minister of Interior
MALI
H.E. Mr. Oumar HAMADOUN DICKO
Minister of Malians Residing Abroad and African Integration
MEXICO
H.E. Dr. Luis Ernesto DERBEZ BAUTISTA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
BANGLADESH
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Luftor Rahman Khan AZAD
The Honourable Minister of State
TURKEY
H.E. Professor Dr. Mehmet AYDIN
Minister of State
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
H.E. Mr. Konstantin ROMODANOVSKY
Head of Delegation and Director of the Federal Agency for Migration Service
PHILIPPINES
H.E. The Honourable Mr. Arturo D. BRION
Secretary of Labour and Employment
ALGERIA
H.E. Mr. Abdelkader MESSAHEL
Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of Maghreb and African Affairs
BARBADOS
H.E. The Honourable Dame Billie A. MILLER
Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
EL SALVADOR
H.E. Mr. Francisco Esteban LAÍNEZ
Minister for Foreign Affairs
AFTERNOON SESSION | [ Entire Video ]
LESOTHO
H.E. The Honourable Mr. Popane LEBESA
Minister for Public Works and Transport
AUSTRALIA
H.E. Senator Amanda VANSTONE
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
ZIMBABWE
H.E. The Honourable N T GOCHE
Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H.E. Dr. Ali Abdullah AL-KAABI
Minister of Labour and Head of Delegation
INDIA
H.E. The Honourable Mr. E. AHAMED
Minister of State for External Affairs
EGYPT
H.E. Mrs. Aisha Abdel HADY
Minister of Manpower and Migration
LITHUANIA
H.E. Mrs. Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
H.E. The Honourable Michael R.C. BROWNE
Minister of National Mobilisation, Social Development and Local Government
BURKINA FASO
H.E. Jean de Dieu SOMDA
Minister of Regional Cooperation
SWEDEN
H.E. Ms. Barbro HOLMBERG
Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
BOLIVIA
H.E. Mr. David CHOQUEHUANCA CÉSPEDES
Minister for Foreign Affairs
SINGAPORE
H.E. Dr. NG Eng Hen
Minister for Manpower
NIGER
H.E. Mr. Lompo GARBA
President of the National Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties
INDONESIA
H.E. Mr. Hamid AWALUDIN
Minister for Law and Human Rights
BULGARIA
H.E. Mrs. Emilia MASLAROVA
Minister of Labour and Social Policy
MALAYSIA
H.E. The Honourable Dato’ Seri MOHD RADZI Sheikh Ahmad
Minister of Home Affairs
PAKISTAN
H.E. Mr. Aftab Ahmad Khan SHERPAO
Federal Minister for Interior
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
H.E. Dr. Ali S.J. ERRICHI
Secretary of Expatriate, Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
BAHAMAS
H.E. The Honourable Doug Shane GIBSON
Minister of Immigration, Labour and Training
NORWAY
H.E. Mr. Erik SOLHEIM
Minister of International Development
SRI LANKA
H.E. The Honourable Mr. Athauda SENEVIRATNE
Minister of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment,
Leader of the Delegation
ISRAEL
H.E. Mr. Ze'ev BOIM
Minister for Immigration and Absorption
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
H.E. Mr. Paul Antoine BOHOUN BOUABRÉ
Minister of State, Minister of Planning and Development
GHANA
H.E. The Honourable Albert KAN DAPAAH
Minister for Interior
BELIZE
H.E. The Honourable Ralph H. FONSECA
Minister of Home Affairs and Public Utilities
HAITI
H.E. Mr. Jean GÉNÉUS
Minister for Haitians Living Abroad
LUXEMBOURG
H.E. Mr. Nicholas SCHMIT
Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Immigration
[ English ] [ French] [ Statement is not available ]
UKRAINE
H.E. Mr. Sergiy RUDYK
Minister, Head of the Committee on Nationalities and Migration
UGANDA
H.E. The Honourable Professor Tarsis Bazana KABWEGYERE
Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
H.E. The Honourable Mr. Juma NGASONGWA
Minister for Planning, Economy and Empowerment
KYRGYZSTAN
H.E. Mrs. Aigul RYSKULOVA
Chairperson of the State Committee on Migration and Employment
KAZAKHSTAN
H.E. Mr. Zhazbeck ABDIYEV
Chairperson of the Committee on Migration of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
AUSTRIA
H.E. Mr. Hans WINKLER
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
GUATEMALA
H.E. Ms. Marta ALTOLAGUIRRE
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
[ English ] [ Spanish ] [ Statement is not available ]
THAILAND
H.E. Dr. Pracha GUNA-KASEM
Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
JAPAN
H.E. Mr. Kiyohiko TOYAMA
Parlimentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
PORTUGAL
H.E. Mr. João GOMES CRAVINHO
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
HUNGARY
H.E. Mrs. Judit FAZEKAS LÉVAY
State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice
NAMIBIA
H.E. The Honourable Teopolina MUSHELENGA
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration
JAMAICA
H.E. Senator The Honourable Delano FRANKLYN
Minister of State and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
FIJI
H.E. Mr. Isikia SAVUA
Permanent Representative
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