Event: A Dialogue on Global Migration Compact – 14 November

10 November 2016, New York – EEAS Deputy Secretary-General Christian Leffler will participate in a Dialogue on Global Migration Compact under Ninth Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Chairmanship in Conference Room 12, United Nations Headquarters on Monday, 14 November.

A Dialogue on Global Migration Compact

under Ninth Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Chairmanship

            Conference Room 12, United Nations Headquarters

14 November 2016

Draft Programme (as of 4 November 2016)

Moderator:        H.E. Ambassador Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and GFMD 2016 Chair

10.00                     Introductory Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN

10.05                     Remarks by Mr. Sonke Lorenz , Head of Unit of Migration Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany

10.10                     Remarks by Mr. Ahmed Skim, Director of Migration Affairs, Morocco

10.15                     Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Mr. Mehmet Samsar, Director General for Consular Affairs, Turkey

10.20                     Remarks by Mr. Gregory A. Maniatis, Senior Advisor to Peter Sutherland, the UN Special Representative for Migration

10.25                     Video Message by Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations

10.30                     Remarks by H.E. Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration

Session I:             Social aspects of the Global Migration Compact

10.45 – 12.15      Moderator: Ms. Sadia Faizunnesa, Director General (UN), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

Keynote presentation: Mr. Gervais Appave, Senior Policy Adviser, IOM

Designated discussants:

Mr. Enrico Fos, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, Philippines

Qatar (TBA)

Ms. Eva Sandis, NGO Committee on Migration

Interactive discussions (at the Plenary) on the presentations

12.15 to 13.15    Lunch*

Session II:           Economic aspects of the Global Migration Compact

13.15-14.45         Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Mr. Riaz Hamidullah, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka

Keynote presentation: Mr. Dilip Ratha, World Bank

Designated discussants:

Mr. Arturo Cabrera, Deputy Minister for Migration, Ecuador

H.E. Ambassador Javier Carbajosa Sánchez, Directorate General for Consular and Migratory Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain

Ms. Megdelawit Kidane, Global Coalition on Migration (GCM)

Ms. Lynn Shotwell, Executive Director at Council for Global Immigration

Interactive discussions (at the Plenary) on the presentations

Session III:          Legal aspects of the Global Migration Compact

 14.45-16.15         Moderator: Ms. Nahida Sobhan, Minister, Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, Bangladesh

Keynote presentation: Mr. Ryszard Cholewinski, ILO

Designated discussants:

Ms. Erica Usher, Senior Director at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada

Government (TBA)

Civil Society (TBA)

Interactive discussions (at the Plenary) on the presentations

16.15-17.00         Concluding Session

 Moderator: H.E. Ambassador M. Shameem Ahsan, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Bangladesh

                                 Reflections on moving forward by Mr. Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary General, UN DESA

Remarks by Prof. Michael Doyle, University of Columbia, New York

Remarks by Mr. Christian Leffler, EU Deputy Secretary General in charge of Economic and Global Issues in the European External Action Service and in charge of migration issues

Concluding Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and GFMD 2016 Chair

*Light lunch to be provided, courtesy of the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in New York

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