Panel discussion on migration and sustainable development

New York

24 April 2013

Overview

The Panel Discussion on Migration and Sustainable Development-Opportunities and Challenges will be co-organized by the Division for Sustainable Development and the Population Division, DESA in the margin of the forty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development, to be held in New York on 22-26 April 2013.

A growing interest in the migration-development nexus has led to an increase in research on the subject. Expanded efforts to collect and analyze data have resulted in significant progress in the understanding of migration aspirations (economic, risk diversification and environmental factors etc.). The consequences of movement on receiving and sending countries (remittances, social effects, and transnational networks) and the role of development in fueling migration are also better grasped. But an understanding of the highly complex system of demographic, economic, social and environmental factors remains incomplete.

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Organization of work

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
1:15pm - 1:25pm	Opening remarks by Mr. John R. Wilmoth, Director of Population Division, UNDESA 鈥淔ollow-up to the outcome of Rio+20 and positioning of migration in the post-2015 development agenda鈥�
1:25pm - 1:55pm	Presentations by panelists Moderator: Ms. Marion Barthelemy, Chief of Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN. 鈥淪trengthening national policies and regional cooperation on migration and sustainable development鈥� Mr. Willian Lacy Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration 鈥淚nternational cooperation on migration and sustainable development鈥� Mr. Udo Janz, Director, UNHCR Liaison Office in New York 鈥淧rotection of people displaced by natural disasters鈥�
1:55pm - 2:25pm	Interactive discussion
2:25pm 鈥� 2:30 pm	Conclusion

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