Regional consultations on Migration

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Santiago, 30-31 August 2017

• Agenda  [English] [Spanish]
  • Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • Statement by Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
    [English] [Spanish]

• Background documents
  • Overview of international migration in South America: executive summary
  • Overview of international migration in the Caribbean: executive summary
  • Overview of international migration in Mexico and Central American: executive summary

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Beirut, 26-27 September 2017

• Agenda
  • Statement by Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
  • Statement of Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
  • Presentation by Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Summary of key messages (EN) (AR)

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Addis Ababa, 26-27 October 2017

• Agenda
  • Statement by Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  • Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
  • Statement by H.E. Dr. Workneh Gebeyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
  • Presentation by Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Recommendations (EN) (FR)

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Bangkok, 6-8 November 2017

• Agenda
  • Statement by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
• Report of the meeting
• Chair’s summary

• Background documents
  • Trends and drivers of international migration in Asia and the Pacific
  • International migration, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
  • Labour Migration in Asia and the Pacific
  • Mixed Migration in Asia and the Pacific
  • Migration and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

Regional discussion, organized by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Geneva, 6 November 2017

• Agenda
  • UNECE input to the stocktaking conference for the Global Compact for safe, Orderly and Regular Migration