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Thursday, 19 May 2011

10:00 - 10:20

Opening remarks

• H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss President of the General Assembly

• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General (TBC)

10:20 -  13:00

Panel one: The Contribution of migrants to development

• Chair: Mr. William Swing Director-General, International Organization for Migration

Panelists:

• H.E. Ms. Lorena Escudero National Secretary for Migrants, Ecuador

• Mr. Driss El Yazami President, National Human Rights Council, Morocco

• Mr. Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie Co-Founder, Africa n Foundation for Development [AFFORD] and Consultant, Sierra Leone

• Mr. Goran Hultin Chief Executive Officer, Caden Corporation and Contributor to the Talent Mobility Project, World Economic Forum

• Professor John Connell Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney

15:00 - 17:40

 Panel two: Improving international cooperation on migration and development

• Chair: Dr. Khalid Koser, Academic Dean and Head of the New Issues in Security Course, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Panelists:

• Ambassador Eduard Gnesa Special Ambassador for International Cooperation on Migration Issues, Switzerland, in his capacity as Head of Switzerland's Presidency of the Global Forum on Migration and Development

• H.E. Mr. Saqr Ghobash Minister of Labour United Arab Emirates (TBC)

• Mr. Anthony Lake UNICEF Executive Director, in his capacity as Chair of the Global Migration Group

• Ms. Thetis Mangahas Senior Migration Specialist and Deputy Regional Director, Policy and Programmes, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (TBC)

• Dr. Rafael Fernandez de Castro Founder and Chair, Department of International Studies, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

17:40 - 18:00

• Summary by Sir Peter Sutherland, Secretary-General's Special Representative on International Migration and Development
• Closing remarks by the President of the General Assembly