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Migration UN Entities      

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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Migration: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga976.doc.htm Global Migration Group: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/GMG.htm, http://www.globalmigrationgroup.org/ Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW): http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htm Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Migration and Human Rights: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/Pages/MigrationAndHumanRightsIndex.aspx Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/SRMigrants/Pages/SRMigrantsIndex.aspx International Labour Organisation (ILO) o Labour Migration: http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/lang--en/index.htm o International Migration Branch: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/index.htm Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Asylum and Migration: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/4a1d406060.html United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE): migratory – on online inventory of sources of migration in Europe, Central Asia and North America: http://live.unece.org/stats/migratory/index.html United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - International Migration and Multicultural Policies: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-humansciences/themes/international-migration/ United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) - Migration and Development Seminar Series: http://www.unitar.org/ny/international-law-and-policy/migration-anddevelopment-series United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - UNODC on human trafficking and migrant smuggling: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html?ref=menuside United Nations Population Division - International Migration: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/theme/internationalmigration/index.shtml http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/index.html World Bank - Migration & Remittances: http://go.worldbank.org/0IK1E5K7U0 Global Commission on International Migration: http://www.gcim.org/ Migration for Development - EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI): http://www.migration4development.org/

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Conferences and Observances        

High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development – New York, 3-4 October 2013: http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/HLD2013/mainhld2013.html Eleventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration - New York, 21-22 February 2013: http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/eleventhcoord2013/eleventhcoord2013.htm United Nations Expert Group Meeting on New Trends in Migration: Demographic Aspects New York, 3 December 2012: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/events/expert-group/19/index.shtml General Assembly Informal Thematic Debate on International Migration and Development (19 May 2011): http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/65/initiatives/migration.shtml Global Forum on Migration and Development: http://www.gfmd.org/ High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development - United Nations General Assembly, 14-15 September 2006 : http://www.un.org/migration/, http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/hld/index.html International Symposium on International Migration and Development - Turin, Italy, 28-30 June 2006: http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/turin/index.html International Migrants Day, 18 December: http://www.un.org/en/events/migrantsday/

UN Treaties and Declarations  

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CMW.aspx Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/TransnationalOrganizedCrime.aspx

Reports of the Secretary-General    

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A/67/254 (3 August 2012): International migration and development : report of the Secretary-General: http://undocs.org/A/67/254 A/HRC/20/24 (2 April 2012): Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, François Crépeau: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/20/24, http://undocs.org/A/HRC/20/24/Add.1 A/65/156 (21 July 2010): Promotion and protection of human rights, including ways and means to promote the human rights of migrants: Report of the Secretary-General: http://undocs.org/A/65/156 A/HRC/15/29 (5 July 2010): Study of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on challenges and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/15/29 E/CN.9/2008/3/Corr.1 (13 February 2008): World population monitoring, focusing on population distribution, urbanization, internal migration and development : report of the Secretary-General : corrigendum: http://undocs.org/E/CN.9/2008/3/Corr.1 E/CN.9/2008/4 (17 January 2008): Monitoring of population programmes focusing on population distribution, urbanization, internal migration and development : report of the Secretary-General: http://undocs.org/E/CN.9/2008/3

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Selected Statements and Speeches of UN Officials           

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Deputy Secretary-General, at Forum on Migration and Peace, calls for reducing remittance costs, protecting vulnerable migrants, ending stereotypes (DSG/SM/675-DEV/3002, 20 June 2013): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/dsgsm675.doc.htm Secretary-General, in Message for International Migrants Day, urges human rights-based national policy responses to address migration (SG/SM/14727-DEV/2970-OBV/1174, 13 December 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14727.doc.htm Given right support, migrants can be force for prosperity, progress, Secretary-General tells Global Forum on Migration and Development (SG/SM/14664-DEV/2967, 21 November 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14664.doc.htm Migration, supported by right policies, protections, can be force for good, Secretary-General says in Message for International Migrants Day (SG/SM/14022-DEV/2929-OBV/1065, 15 December 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm14022.doc.htm Secretary-General urges Global Forum to be brave in making migration ‘work for development’, reflecting migrants’ courageous quest for better lives (SG/SM/13988-DEV/2926, 1 December 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13988.doc.htm With intelligent approach focused on positive, unstoppable force of migration can be harnessed for greater good, Secretary-General tells Informal Thematic Debate (SG/SM/13581-GA/11081DEV/2897, 19 May 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13581.doc.htm Irregular situation of migrants should not lead to denial of their humanity or rights, SecretaryGeneral says in Message for International Day (SG/SM/13308-OBV/949, 9 December 2010): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sgsm13308.doc.htm Secretary-General, in Message to Global Forum on Migration and Development, calls for reaffirmation of migrants’ role in strengthening world economy (SG/SM/13263-DEV/2849, 19 November 2010): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sgsm13263.doc.htm Migration part of long-term solution to global economic crisis, Secretary-General stresses in message for International Migrants Day (SG/SM/12667-OBV/845, 11 December 2009): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/sgsm12667.doc.htm Secretary-General, in Remarks to Third Global Forum, presents vision of migration as system of legal, dignified mobility with full respect for human rights (SG/SM/12587-DEV/2772, 4 November 2009): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2009/sgsm12587.doc.htm As world copes with ‘cascade’ of national financial challenges, human mobility can be tool to ‘help lift us out of this economic crisis’, Secretary-General says (Address to the second Global Forum on Migration and Development (SG/SM/11894-DEV/2700-POP/969, 29 October 2008): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sgsm11894.doc.htm Deputy Secretary-General, in remarks to conference on migration and development, urges ‘ethic of cooperation’ around mutually beneficial issues (DSG/SM/370-DEV/2657, 17 January 2008): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/dsgsm370.doc.htm Secretary-General, addressing Global Forum on Migration and Development, calls for policy action to benefit migrants, families, communities (SG/SM/11084-DEV/2629, 10 July 2007): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm11084.doc.htm Governments can create ‘triple wins’ for migrants, countries of origin, destination countries, Secretary-General tells General Assembly High-Level Dialogue (SG/SM/10634-GA/10495, 14 September 2006): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sgsm10634.doc.htm Civil society’s role in migration debate to ensure real risks not overlocked, says Deputy Secretary-General at General Assembly Hearing (DSG/SM/291-GA/10483, 12 June 2006): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/dsgsm291.doc.htm High Commissioner Guterres unveils action plan to protect rights in migratory movements (10 June 2006): http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=ADMIN&id=44b254654 Press Conference by Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Migration, Peter Sutherland (8 June 2006): http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2006/060608_Migration.doc.htm Secretary-General proposes Permanent Forum to share ideas on international migration, as he presents Wide-Ranging Report to General Assembly (SG/SM/10504-GA/10477, 6 June 2006): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sgsm10504.doc.htm In Praise of Migration / By Kofi A. Annan (Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, 5 June 2006): http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/articleFull.asp?TID=54&Type=Article

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Selection of Publications available online   

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Migrants by origin and destination: The role of South-South migration (Population Facts No. 2012/3): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/popfacts/ popfacts_2012-3_South-South_migration.pdf The Age and Sex of Migrants 2011 (Wall chart): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2011Migration_Chart/2011IttMig_chart.htm Environmentally Induced Migration and Sustainable Development (Background Paper, January 2011, UNDESA/DSD and UNU-EHS): http://www.webmeets.com/files/papers/EAERE/2011/1107/Environmentally%20Induced%20M igration%20and%20Sustainable%20Development_Milan_Areikat_Afifi.pdf Migration and poverty: toward better opportunities for the poor (World Bank, 2010): http://go.worldbank.org/N4CZEKS2D0 International labour migration: A rights-based approach (ILO, 2010): http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/books/WCMS_125361/lang--en/index.htm International Migration 2009 (Wall chart): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2009Migration_Chart/2009IttMig_chart.htm International Migration Report 2006: a global assessment (UN/DESA, 2009): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006_MigrationRep/report.htm In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement (UNU-EHS / CARE / CIESIN, May 2009): http://reliefweb.int/node/24470 Guide on ratification of the migrants rights convention (OHCHR, May 2009): http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/HandbookFINAL.PDF Migration and Development Series 2006-2008: findings, outcomes, recommendations (UNITAR, 2009): http://www.unitar.org/sites/default/files/NY%20UNITAR%20Migration%20Series_2006-08.pdf International Migration and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities on the Threshold of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Global Migration Group, October 2008): http://www.migration4development.org/sites/m4d.emakinaeu.net/files/GMG_Int_Migration_Human_Rights.pdf People on the Move: Handbook of Selected Terms and Concepts (Publication from the THP Foundation in cooperation with UNESCO, October 2008): http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001636/163621e.pdf Focus 2006 Treaty Event: Crossing Borders: http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/events/2006/book_english.pdf The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee (May 2006): http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet24rev.1en.pdf Trends in international migrant stock: The 2008 Revision: http://esa.un.org/migration/ Compendium of Recommendations on International Migration and Development: The United Nations Development Agenda and the Global Commission on International Migration Compared (2006): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/UN_GCIM/UN_GCIM_ITTMIG.pdf International Migration Report 2002 (UN/DESA, October 2002): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ittmig2002/ittmigrep2002.htm Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? (UN/DESA, March 2000): http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm

Ten Stories the World should hear more about, 2006 

Lost in migration: Asylum seekers face challenges amid efforts to stem flows of illegal migrants: http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/06/story.asp?storyid=2200

June 2013 not an official document – for information only http://www.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/migration_eng.pdf