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Informal interactive hearings with NGOs, civil society and the private sector for the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

New York

15 July 2013

Office of the President of the General Assembly
Preparatory event for the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

Overview

The Informal Interactive Hearings
As part of the preparatory activities for the General Assembly High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development to be held 3 and 4 October 2013, the President of the General Assembly held a one-day informal interactive hearings with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations and the private sector at the 51勛圖 headquarters in New York on 15 July 2013.
The objective of the informal interactive hearings is to provide an opportunity for NGOs, civil society organizations and the private sector to interact with Member States and to provide inputs for the High-level Dialogue.

Provisional programme

(as of 10 July 2013)

Wednesday, 15 July 2013

10:00 - 10:15

Opening remarks

  • Mr. H.E. Vuk Jeremi, President of the General Assembly
  • Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General
  • Rapporteur: Ms. Cathi Tactaquin, Executive Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
  • Moderators: Ms. Susan Martin, Georgetown University and Mr. Dennis Sinyolo, Education International

 

10:15 - 10.50

 

Opening panel looking back and beyond the HLD 2013

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  • Mr. Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary-General or International Migration by video conference. Looking back and moving forward: key achievements and expectations for the 2013 HLD and beyond.

 

10:50 - 11:55

 

Action theme 1 Migrant labour and mobility

  • Ms. Ana Avenda簽o, Director of Immigration and Community Action, AFL-CIO. A workers perspective on migrant labour mobility and the labour rights of migrants.
  • Mr. Randel K. Johnson, Senior Vice President, US Chamber of Commerce. An employers perspective on labour mobility, skills and rights. 
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Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

 

11:55 - 13:00 

 

 

Action theme 2: Migrant rights and protection

  • Ms. Milka Isinta, Chair of Pan African Network in Defense of Migrants Rights. Protecting and empowering women in the context of mobility.

 

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

 

15:00 - 15:35

 

Youth perspectives; voices of change

  • Ms. Ola Orekunrin, Flying Doctors Nigeria. The story of a young migrant entrepreneur

 

15:35 - 16:40

 

Action theme 3: Human development, diaspora action

 

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

 

16:40 - 17:45

 

Action theme 4: Migration governance and partnerships

  • Ms. Isabel de Sola, Senior Knowledge Manager, World Economic Forum. A business case for multi-stakeholder partnerships and migration governance.

 

Responses by Member States

Interactive debate

 

17:45 18:00

 

Concluding session

 

Statements

Opening remarks

 

Opening panel: Looking back and beyond the HLD 2013

 

Action theme 1: Migrant labour and mobility

 

Youth perspectives: Voices of change

 

Action theme 3: Human development, diaspora action

 

Action theme 4: Migration governance and partnerships