Commission
Thirty-ninth session
3 - 7 April 2006
Theme
International Migration and Development
Bureau Members
Chairperson:
Mr. Crispin Grey-Johnson (Gambia)
Vice-Chairpersons:
Mr. Majdi Ramadan (Lebanon), Mr. Ewa Frątczak (Poland), Mr. Albert Graf (Germany) and Ms. Elena Zuñiga/Mr. Pablo Enrique Torres Salmerón (Mexico)
Keynote Addresses
Keynote addresses by:
- Ms. Rita Süssmuth on Developing a coherent migration policy: Germany and the European Union
- Hon. Mr. Papa Owusu-Ankomah on Emigration from Ghana: A motor or a brake for development
- Ms. Margarita Escobar on The contribution of emigrants to national development: The experience of El Salvador
- Mr. J. Edward Taylor on International migration and economic development: puzzles and policies for LDCs
- Ms. Patricia A. Sto. Tomas
Introductory Statements and Official Documentation
- Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Statement by Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
- Statement by Ms. Hania Zlotnik, Director, United Nations Population Division
Agenda Item 2
E/CN.9/2006/1 - Provisional agenda
E/CN.9/2006/2 - Report of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development on its intersessional meeting, held in Banjul from 19 to 20 December 2005
E/CN.9/2006/L.1 - Note by the Secretariat containing the organization of the work of the session
Agenda Item 3
Statement by Mr. Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division
E/CN.9/2006/3 - Report of the Secretary-General on world population monitoring, focusing on international migration and development
Statement by Mr. Francois Farah, Population and Development Branch, Technical Support Division, UNFPA
E/CN.9/2006/4 - Report of the Secretary-General on monitoring of population programmes, focusing on international migration and development
Statement by Ms. Ann Pawliczko, Population and Development Branch, Technical Support Division, UNFPA
E/CN.9/2006/5 - Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
E/CN.9/2006/NGO/1 - Statement submitted by Population Action International, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
E/CN.9/2006/NGO/2 - Statement submitted by the Population Institute, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
Agenda Item 4
E/CN.9/2006/7 - Letter dated 27 February 2006 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
E/CN.9/2006/8 - Note verbale dated 3 April 2006 from the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat
Agenda Item 5
Statement by Mr. Armindo Miranda, Senior Population Affairs Officer, Office of the Director, Population Division
E/CN.9/2006/6 - Report of the Secretary-General on the programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2005: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Agenda Item 6
No official documentation
Agenda Item 7
E/CN.9/2006/L.2 - Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda for the fortieth session of the Commission
Agenda Item 8
E/CN.9/2006/9 and E/2006/25 - Report of the Commission on its thirty-ninth session (14 April 2005 and 3-7 April and 10 May 2006)
Statement by Ms. Miriam Hughes, Deputy U.S. Representative to ECOSOC
Country Statements
Country