Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) [2]
Santiago, 30-31 August 2017

• Agenda [3]  [English [3]] [Spanish [4]]
  • Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) [5]
  • Statement by Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) [6]
  • Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration [7]
      [English [7]] [Spanish [8]]
• Background documents
  • Overview of international migration in South America: executive summary [9]
  • Overview of international migration in the Caribbean: executive summary [10]
  • Overview of international migration in Mexico and Central American: executive summary [11]

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [12](ESCWA)
Beirut, 26-27 September 2017

• Agenda [13]
  • Statement by Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) [14]
  • Statement of Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration [15]
  • Presentation by Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs [16]
• Summary of key messages (EN [17]) (AR [18])

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) [19]
Addis Ababa, 26-27 October 2017

• Agenda [20]
  • Statement by Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) [21]
  • Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration [22]
  • Statement by H.E. Dr. Workneh Gebeyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa [23]
  • Presentation by Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs [24]
• Recommendations (EN [25]) (FR [26])

Regional preparatory meeting, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific [27](ESCAP)
Bangkok, 6-8 November 2017

• Agenda [28]
  • Statement by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific [29]
  • Statement by Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration [30]
• Report of the meeting [31]
• Chair's summary [32]

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 [33]

 

Mapping of all preparatory regional events for the global compact on migration [34]