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News Archive 2004
 


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    Release of Vol.6, No.2 of the International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS)
25-12-2004 () - "Managing Migration and Diversity in the Asia Pacific Region and Europe", Edited by Christine Inglis and Matthias Koenig  More...

 

    INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY-SINGAPORE: Place to Call Home for Asian Expats
20-12-2004 (Inter Press Service News Agency) - Everyday in this tiny island republic of four million people, thousands of well-educated and highly-qualified Asian expatriates quietly go about their work, often mistaken as locals.  More...

 

    Annan Calls for Broader Accession to Convention on Migrant Rights
18-12-2004 (UN News Centre, 18 December 2004) -   More...

 

    INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY: More Women, More at Risk
17-12-2004 (Inter Press Service News Agency) - More women than ever, about 90 million, are living outside their countries of origin, where most of them are at risk of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, says the United Nations in a report marking International Migrants Day.  More...

 

    INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY-JAPAN: Helping Filipino Workers Help Themselves
17-12-2004 (Inter Press Service News Agency) - Rain or shine, Mercy, a 29-year-old Filipino domestic worker in Tokyo, attends free weekly computer classes for migrant workers. This programme, she says, will soon help her find a better job -- paving the way for a more secure future.  More...

 

    International Migration May Empower Women by Providing New Roles, UN Says
13-12-2004 (UN News Centre) -   More...

 

    Release of the UNESCO Publication "Social Transformation in the Information Society"
01-12-2004 () - Edited by Paul de Guchteneire  More...

 

    World Economic and Social Survey 2004
29-11-2004 () - The 2004 Survey addresses the issue of international migration and examines historical and recent surges in migration, policies towards migration, its economic and social effects, the question of refugees and the states of international cooperation regarding migration.  More...

 

    Filipino Migrant Workers in Singapore Train as Volunteer Teachers
28-11-2004 (SunStar Network Online) -   More...

 

    UN General Assembly Resolution on International Migration and Development
26-11-2004 (United Nations) -   More...

 

    Linguapax Prize 2005
17-11-2004 () - The Linguapax Prize is awarded every year by the Linguapax Institute.  More...

 

    The APMRN Published a New Report Studying Migration and HIV Vulnerability from Seven South and North-East Asian Countries.
01-11-2004 () -   More...

 

    People at the Center of our United Nations
27-09-2004 () - Statement by Filipino Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Alberto G. Romulo, at the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly  More...

 

    Fellowship Opportunities at the National Endowment for Democracy
17-09-2004 () -   More...

 

    Courses on Migration Policies Organized by PIECUM
10-09-2004 () -   More...

 

    GCIM Regional Hearing for Asia and the Pacific
10-05-2004 () - to take place in Manila, Philippines, 17-19 May 2004  More...

 

    Kenya - Regional Workshop On Labour Migration
04-05-2004 (www.allAfrica.com) - IOM and the East African Community (EAC) have co-hosted a regional workshop on Labour Migration and Migration for Development in Nairobi.  More...

 

    Labor Migration Conference Opens In Dushanbe
29-04-2004 (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Prague) - A two-day international conference on labor migration starts today in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. It's an appropriate choice of venue, as roughly one out of every 10 residents of Tajikistan is a migrant worker. Representatives from Russia, Mexico, the Philippines, and other countries are due to attend.  More...

 

    First session of committee on protection of rights of migrants in Geneva, 1 to 5 March
27-02-2004 () - Committee to elect bureau, establish its rules of procedure, draw up general guidelines on reports to be submitted by states parties.  More...

 

    Better managing migration key challenge for twenty-first century
10-02-2004 () - say speakers in Social Development Commission debate  More...

 

  Sakharov Prize presented to UN's Kofi Annan   Sakharov Prize presented to UN's Kofi Annan
30-01-2004 (Independent Online) - UN secretary general addresses illegal immigration and EU enlargement  More...

 

    Why Europe Needs an Immigration Strategy
29-01-2004 (United Nations) - This article, which is based on the speech Secretary-General Kofi Annan made to the European Parliament on 29 January, was published in newspapers throughout the world.  More...

 

  Addition to UN treaty on organized crime to require States to outlaw migrant smuggling   Addition to UN treaty on organized crime to require States to outlaw migrant smuggling
27-01-2004 (United Nations News Centre) - Countries will soon be required to outlaw the smuggling of migrants under an addition to a key United Nations treaty against cross-border organized crime.  More...

 

  Unesco Chief Visits Ghana, Marks Struggle Against Slavery   Unesco Chief Visits Ghana, Marks Struggle Against Slavery
12-01-2004 (UN News Centre) - UNESCO has launched this year's worldwide observance of the struggle against slavery in a West African country that lost many people to the forced Transatlantic migration of enslaved Africans.  More...

 






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