Contributions of migrants [1]
Contributions of migrants and diasporas to all dimensions of sustainable development, including remittances and portability of earned benefits
Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 24-25 July 2017
Background documents
- Invitation from the co-facilitators to the session and the informal stakeholder dialogue [2]
- Procedural note [3](including agenda)
- Organizational arrangements [4]
- Issues brief [5]
- Organization of work
- Report of the session
Side events
- 24 June 2017
- Unlocking the power of diaspora: New partnerships for development [9]
Conference room 11, 13:15 to 14:45
- Unlocking the power of diaspora: New partnerships for development [9]
- 25 June 2017
- Migrants’ contributions to cities [11]
Conference Room 5, 13.15 to 14.30 - Migrants contribution to the SDGs: Family remittances and investment [12]
Conference room 8, 13:15 to 14:30 - Screening of "No Monsters in Berlin" [13]
Conference room 6, 13:15 to 14:30
- Migrants’ contributions to cities [11]
Organization of work
Time | Session |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Opening segmentWelcoming remarks by the co-facilitators [14]
Remarks by Ms. Louise Arbour, Secretary-General of the intergovernmental conference [15] |
10:15 - 13:00 |
PANEL 1: Contributions of migrants to all dimensions of sustainable development: the linkages between migration and development [14]
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13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch / Space for side-events |
15:00 - 17:50 |
PANEL 2: Contributions of migrants and diaspora to all dimensions of sustainable development: enabling frameworks for contributions [17]
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17:50 - 18:00 | Closing remarks by the co-facilitatorsnan |
Time | Session |
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10:00- 10:05 |
Welcoming remarks by the co-facilitators
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10:05 - 13:00 |
PANEL 3: Remittances and portability of earned benefits [20]
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13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch / Space for side-events |
15:00 - 17:50 |
SUMMARY PANEL: Synopsis of the main conclusions and outcomes [23]
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17:50 - 18:00 | Closing remarks by the Co-facilitators |
Statements from the floor
Member States
Bangladesh (panel 1-4) [26] | European Union (panel 1-4) [27] | Kenya (panel 1) [28] |
Brazil (panel 1) [29] | Egypt (panel 1) [30] | Kenya (panel 2) [31] |
Brazil (panel 2) [32] | Egypt (panel 1 summary) [33] | Kenya (panel 3) [34] |
Brazil (panel 3) [35] | Germany [36] | Mexico [37] |
China (panel 1-3) [38] | Germany (panel 1) [39] | Nigeria [40] |
Canada [41] | Germany (panel 2) [42] | Philippines (panel 1) [43] |
Costa Rica (panel 1) [44] | Germany (panel 3) [45] | Philippines (panel 3) [46] |
Costa Rica (panel 2) [47] | Honduras (panel 1) [48] | Sweden [49] |
Denmark [50] | Indonesia (panel 1-3) [51] | UAE (panel 2) [52] |
Finland [53] | Italy [54] | UAE (panel 3) [55] |
Holy See (panel 1) [56] | Jamaica (panel 3) [57] |
Stakeholders
Act Alliance [58] | GSMA [59] | Solidarity Center and Women in Global Migration Network [60] |
AFL-CIO [61] | IFAD [62] | Student Migration and Development [63] |
Antalya AKEV University [64] | IFRC [65] | Trade Union Confederation of the Americas [66] |
Association Miraisme International [67] | ILO [68] | UN Women [69] |
Center for Migration Studies [70] | International Organisation of Employers [71] | UN-DESA [72] |
Colombo Process [73] | Migrant Girls and Women [74] | UNANIMA International [75] |
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (panel 1) [76] | Mission for Transformation of Rurban Area [77] | UNDP [78] |
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (panel 3) [79] | OHCHR [80] | Youth Group [81] |
Global Migration Policy Associates [82] | Rinadh [83] |
Other inputs
NGO Committee on Migration [84] |
Open University [85] |
Republic of Korea [86] |