Apply to Attend / Submit Comments: 22 November meeting w/ UN Member States on intergovernmental process for Global Compact for Migration

We have received the following from UN-NGLS

Dear Colleagues,

We write to provide four updates:

1. The start time of the meeting on Tuesday is moved to 4:00pm NY time, to end at 6:00pm.
2. The meeting will take place in Trusteeship Council Chamber.
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28 July Meeting with Co-Facilitators of UN Summit for Refugees & Migrants at UNHQ: Register to Speak or Attend / Submit Video Comments

We have received the following from UN-NGLS and UN DESA 

Dear Colleagues,

At the request of the Co-Facilitators of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants (Jordan and Ireland), UN-NGLS and UN DESA invite stakeholders to register to participate in a one-hour meeting with them on 28 July at 10:00am at UN Headquarters (room TBC), or to submit short video comments that will be considered for inclusion in the meeting...

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Consultations for Refugee and Migrant High-level Meeting to be led by Jordan and Ireland

The President of the UN General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, has appointed Dina Kawar, Permanent Representative of Jordan, and David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland, as co-facilitators for the intergovernmental consultations leading to the UNGA's high-level meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants. David Donoghue co-facilitated the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, together with Ambassador Macharia Kamau of Kenya.

The high-level plenary meeting will take place on 19 September 2016, immediately before the 71st General Debate and will be hosted by US President Barack Obama...

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