This book showcases the mandates and work of 28 UN organizations and related international entities engaged with international migration issues. It offers unique insights into the growing coherence of action among these key players and includes a set of recommendations and outcomes for the 2013 High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
Human mobility is a fact of life. People have always migrated to adapt to, or escape from, difficulties and disasters, or spurred by curiosity and dreams of a better life. What has brought particular attention to migration in recent years is the scale and complexity of movements, touching almost all countries around the world, catalysed by speed of information flow and means of transportation, and the increasing awareness of the countless developmental opportunities and challenges which mobility offers to migrants, their families, communities and societies at large.
The global discourse on migration has shifted significantly in recent years with the increase in knowledge and awareness about the multifaceted nature of human mobility and its potential to benefit development at the human, social and economic levels.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)1 is a UN specialized agency mandated to lead international efforts to defeat hunger and achieve food security for all.
International migration is as old as human history and continues to define and reshape nations, cultures and the day-to-day life of many millions of people. It would be wrong to assert that its impact has always been benign, particularly for indigenous populations, but today it is also increasingly evident that migration consistently benefits countries of destination and origin, as well as migrants themselves.
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This book showcases the mandates and work of 28 UN organizations and related international entities engaged with international migration issues. It offers unique insights into the growing coherence of action among these key players and includes a set of recommendations and outcomes for the 2013 High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Foreword
Human mobility is a fact of life. People have always migrated to adapt to, or escape from, difficulties and disasters, or spurred by curiosity and dreams of a better life. What has brought particular attention to migration in recent years is the scale and complexity of movements, touching almost all countries around the world, catalysed by speed of information flow and means of transportation, and the increasing awareness of the countless developmental opportunities and challenges which mobility offers to migrants, their families, communities and societies at large.
Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
United Nations Children's Fund
The international system working as one
The global discourse on migration has shifted significantly in recent years with the increase in knowledge and awareness about the multifaceted nature of human mobility and its potential to benefit development at the human, social and economic levels.
UN Women
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)1 is a UN specialized agency mandated to lead international efforts to defeat hunger and achieve food security for all.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
International Civil Aviation Organization
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Universal Postal Union
International Fund for Agricultural Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
World Intellectual Property Organization
The International Labour Organization
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division
World Meteorological Organization
International Maritime Organization
United Nations Development Programme
The World Bank
International Organization for Migration
United Nations Environment Programme
World Health Organization
NGO Committee on Migration
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Populations Fund
Preface
International migration is as old as human history and continues to define and reshape nations, cultures and the day-to-day life of many millions of people. It would be wrong to assert that its impact has always been benign, particularly for indigenous populations, but today it is also increasingly evident that migration consistently benefits countries of destination and origin, as well as migrants themselves.
United Nations regional commissions
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