Videos by the Special Representative for International Migration, Ms. Louise Arbour

15-16 January 2018, Keynote Address, International Forum on Migration Statistics, Paris

Video message statement 

18 December 2017, Video Message by UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, on International Migrants Day

12-13 December 2017, Video message by the UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, to the UNHCR’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges in Geneva

30 October, Video message by Louise Arbour (UN Special Representative for International Migration) to the 28th International Population Conference

26 October, 12AM. Video message by Louise Arbour (UN Special Representative for International Migration) on the "Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework"

Video message by the UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, to the Migration Media Award ceremony, organized by the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the European Asylum Support Office and Open Media Hub on 14 June 2017. The competition recognizes the media as a key stakeholder in informing the public about migration and rewards excellence in journalism on migration topics.

Video message by the UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, on climate change and migration, delivered during a thematic workshop of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Rabat, 25 May 2017). 

Video message by the UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, to the 8th annual G(irls) 20 Summit, which took place in Munich from 16-22 June.  The SRSG's message, which sets the scene for a panel on gender and migration, stresses the need to protect the rights of all migrant women and girls and to ensure their full participation in society. 

Video message by the Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, at a side event of the Global Forum on Migration and Development on 30 June. The SRSG's message highlights the need for a new narrative on women in the context of migration, one that recognizes them as rights-holders, agents of development and, most importantly, leaders that bring dynamism, innovation and cultural richness to societies.  

Video message by the SRSG for International Migration, Ms. Louise Arbour, to the Regional Civil Society Consultations for the Global Compact on Migration. These meetings, which are taking place in Bangkok (4-5 August), Beirut (24-25 August) and Bamako (28-29), offer an important opportunity to gather the expertise of civil society from all over the globe, and are essential in bringing regional perspectives to the global discussion on how to achieve safe, orderly and regular migration.

Video message by SRSG Arbour at the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, held in Inner Mongolia, from 6-16 September 2017. In the video, the SRSG explores how environmental drivers of migration, such as land degradation, desertification and soil erosion, undermine the sustainability of local livelihoods and push people to leave their communities.