Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighboring Countries (CIS Conference)

Established: 1996

Objectives

The CIS Conference is a regional conference that addressed the problems of refugees, displaced Persons, other forms of involuntary displacement and returnees in the countries of the commonwealth of independent states and relevant neighbouring states and follow-up process.

The CIS Conference is no longer active and was ended in 2005.

Focus

  • Refugees
  • IDPs and persons in refugee-like situations
  • Epatriates
  • Ecological migrants
  • Migration management (combating illegal migration and trafficking, border management)
  • Migrants' rights
  • Return and reintegration
  • Population/demography  

    ecretariat

    UNHCR, IOM and OSCE/ODHIR acted as joint secretariat for the Conference and provided technical support to the Follow-up Process.

    Members

    Members

    16 Members

    • Armenia
    • Azerbaijan
    • Belarus
    • Georgia
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Moldova
    • Russian Federation
    • Tajikistan
    • Turkmenistan
    • Ukraine
    • Uzbekistan

    Interested States

    36 Interested States

    • Australia
    • Austria
    • Belgium
    • Bulgaria
    • Canada
    • China
    • The Czech Republic
    • Denmark
    • Estonia
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Holy See
    • Hungary
    • Iceland
    • Iran
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Japan
    • Latvia
    • Lithuania
    • Mongolia
    • The Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Pakistan
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Romania
    • Slovakia
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
    • Turkey
    • The United Kingdom
    • The United States of America
    Observers and partners

     

    Partner and Observer Institutions

    Meetings

     

    • May 26-28, 2004, Minsk, Belarus, High-Level Review Meeting on “Refugees, Migration and Protection”
    • July 13-14, 2000, Geneva, Switzerland, Fifth Meeting of the Steering Group of the CIS-Conference
    • May 30- 31, 1996, Geneva, Switzerland, CIS-Conference
    Documents