UN
A series of four United Nations Regional Commissions will take place between August and November 2017.
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
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
Regional discussion, organized by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Geneva, 6 November 2017
