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18-12-2006 (UNHCHR) - On the occasion of International Migrants Day 2006, the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the Human Rights of Migrants, Jorge Bustamante, and the Chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers, Prasad Kariyawasam, issued a statement.
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18-12-2006 (United Nations News Centre) -
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15-12-2006 (The United Nations Office at Geneva) - She Urges Greater Ratification of Treaty on Migrant Workers' Rights
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12-12-2006 (December 18) - On 18 December 2006, International Migrants' Day, Radio 18-12 will organise a global radio marathon where local radio stations in at least twenty countries will broadcast programmes on migration.
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01-12-2006 (UN News Centre) - Young people should play a greater role in addressing migration, gender equality, human rights, the dialogue among civilizations and other issues affecting the world today, the United Nations General Assembly president told a gathering of students in New York today.
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21-11-2006 (UNESCO) - UNESCO and Hewlett-Packard have launched a joint project to help reduce brain drain in Africa by providing grid computing technology to universities in Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
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31-10-2006 (UNESCO) - Well-educated migrants worldwide are not only a source of revenue but potential key actors in their countries' development. Perhaps it is time to stop seeing them as a loss of investment.
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26-10-2006 (Courrier International) - Organized by UNESCO
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19-10-2006 (UNESCO) - UNESCO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will officially launch a joint project on immigration history and memory on 23 October next, in Rome, Italy. The launch will take place during a meeting of representatives of several countries that already have museums on the history of immigration and migration, as well as representatives of countries who hope to do so.
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22-09-2006 (UN News Centre) - The rights of the world’s migrants, from workers seeking a better economic life to refugees escaping conflict or natural disaster, were spotlighted today during speeches to the United Nations General Assembly by representatives of Asian nations.
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19-09-2006 (United Nations News Centre) - The President of the United Nations General Assembly today said the body’s recent session on international migration served to underscore how today’s integrated world can serve a positive engine of change.
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14-09-2006 (UN News Centre) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed Belgium’s offer to host the first meeting next year of his proposed Global Forum on Migration and Development, a standing body in which countries will be able to discuss and exchange the best ideas and practices on the issue.
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29-08-2006 (American Public Media) -
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24-07-2006 (UN News Centre) - The annual campaign for the signature and ratification of international treaties that takes place during the opening of the General Assembly session each fall will focus this year on human migration, according to the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, which today made available a book about the 30 accords being highlighted at the event.
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04-07-2006 (UNHCHR) - Remarks of the High Commissioner for Human Rights during the High Level Panel in Geneva in preparation of the High Level Dialogue of the General Assembly on Migration and Development.
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19-06-2006 (The United Nations Population Division) - The wall chart displays the latest data and information available on international migration and development, covering topics such as size of the migrant stock, net migration, remittances, immigration and emigration policies and ratification status in respect of relevant United Nations instruments.
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13-06-2006 (Plate Forme Migrants et Citoyenneté Européenne (PMC)) - 22, 23 and 24 june 2006, at UNESCO (Paris)
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12-06-2006 (UNESCO) - The UNESCO Office in Beijing (China) organizes a workshop in Tsinghua University, Beijing, in order to officially launch a project on "HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minority Communities in China and in Mongolia."
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06-06-2006 (United Nations News Centre) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed a standing forum led by all 191 Member States which governments could use to share ideas and discuss best practices and policies related to international migration and how this phenomenon ties in with global development.
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27-05-2006 (Irish Examiner) -
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11-05-2006 (European Commission) - 2006 is the European Year for Workers' Mobility. 06 May was the EU Open Day, with many EU institutions open to the public for the day. EU Open Day was an opportunity to celebrate The European Year for Workers Mobility.
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10-05-2006 (Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York) - Commission report to be transmitted to General Assembly for September High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development
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09-05-2006 (UNESCO) - This new issue of the Forced Migration Review includes a major feature on “People trafficking: upholding rights and understanding vulnerabilities”.
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04-05-2006 (UNESCO - Social and Human Sciences) - Eurasylum is a European company that was established in 2001 to provide research, evaluation, training and consulting services dedicated solely to issues of immigration control and asylum policy in Europe and internationally.
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06-04-2006 (United Nations News Centre) - With people moving back and forth between countries instead of simply immigrating or emigrating, the United Nations’ top migration official said that the world was entering an “era of mobility” in which international cooperation would be more effective than restrictive laws.
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03-04-2006 (United Nations News Centre) - With some 200 million people living outside their home countries, more than any time in history, partnerships are needed between countries of origin and destination to maximize benefits and minimize risks in both, a United Nations meeting on population was told today.
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