Dear Friends,
As you may know, the UN General Assembly will be holding a special High-Level
Dialogue on Migration in September. Civil society organizations are invited to
take part in hearings scheduled for 12 July in New York. Please find below
links to the website where your readers can apply to participate. Please note
that the deadline for this is 5th May 2006. This is apparently to allow for
visas to be processed. Participants may also need two months to find the funds
for their travel.
If there is any possibility you could post these details on your websites this
week, please do so to inform as many interested civil society organizations as
possible.
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Subject: High-Level Dialogue/Civil Society Hearing
Preparations for the July 12 civil society hearings (before the September HLD).
1. NGO Participation in the Hearings
NGOs can nominate one person to represent them at the civil society meetings.
The application form is DUE on MAY 5 and can only be submitted online. There
is a lot of worry that we cannot get word out in time, the reason for the May
5th deadline is U.S. immigration rules---they need two months to process visas
for people attending the conference.
ACTION POINT:
Circulate information to all networks, contacts, and listserves-encourage NGOs
to participate.
http://www.un.org/esa/population/hldmigration/
--they can access the application at the link above
--they should make sure to fill in a section called "key messages" because
otherwise they may not have the opportunity to speak.
--they should read the "information note" on the criteria required to be a
representative
2. NGO Taskforce
There is a small NGO taskforce, already constituted, that will select the
participants out of all the applications. This taskforce will also make
suggestions to the President of the General Assembly on the procedures/agenda
on July 12 itself. The members of this taskforce, their home base, and the
constituency they are representing are:
Mari Linloekken, Norway, NGOs from receiving countries
William Gois, Philippines, NGOs from sending countries
Adam Greene, New York, Private sector
Gemma Adaba, New York, Trade unions
Johan Ketelers, Geneva, Faith-based organizations
Vidar Ekehaug, Youth
Not confirmed-Gloria Camacho/Norma Sanchis/Martha Cranshaw - Women (Latin
America)
3. Agenda for July 12
The tentative agenda for July 12 is for a morning session (to focus on
remittances, economic development, etc.) and an afternoon session (to focus on
human rights, trafficking, etc.). The current format is the same as the
Millenium Summit last year
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
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