Valuing Migration (2004)
30 November 2004
11:00 - 13:00 | Opening Presentation and Special Panel: the Global Commission on International Migration |
- Mr. Gervais Appave, Director, Migration Policy and Research, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Dr. Mamphela Ramphele (Co-Chair), Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)
- Mr. N.K. Singh, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)
- Mr. Sergio Marchi, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)
- Dr. R.K. Jenny, Executive Director, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)
15:00 - 18:00 | Valuing Migration: High-level panel presentations |
- Ms. Carolina Barco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colombia
- Mr. Des Browne, Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality, UK
- Mr. Viktor Ivanov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation
- Mr. Riaz H. Khokhar, Foreign Secretary, Pakistan
- Mr. Qiao Zonghuai, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, China
- Mr. N.K. Singh, Member of the Global Commission on International Migration, Chairman of the Management Development Institute, India (commentator)
1 December 2004
10:00 - 13:00 | The Year in Review - Focus on selected policy developments and events in 2004 |
Regional Initiatives
- Mr. Ian M. de Jong, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Geneva
- Ambassador Sophie A. Kalinde, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations in Geneva
- Vision and Strategic Framework of the African Union
Global Initiatives
- Ambassador Dominik Langenbacher, Swiss Delegate for Migration Dialogue
- The Berne Initiative process toward the development of an International Agenda for Migration Management
- Mr. Manolo Abella, Chief, International Migration Programme, International Labour Office
- The International Labour Conference "Toward a Fair Deal for Migrant Workers"
International Dialogue on Migration
- Ms. Diane Vincent, Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Canada
- The IOM/WHO/CDC Seminar on Health and Migration
- Ambassador Alejandro Jara, Permanent Representative of Chile to the WTO, Chairman of the Council for Trade in Services
- The IOM/World Bank/WTO Seminar on Trade and Migration
15:00 - 18:00 | Workshops on "The Image of Migrants in Society" |
- Multimedia presentation by IOM
The Image of a Migrant
- Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth, Member of the Global Commission on International Migration, Chair of the Independent Council of Experts on Immigration and Integration, appointed by the German Government
- Keynote introduction and wrap-up of the Image of Migrants in Society