During its 58th Session, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 58/208 calling for a high-level dialogue on international migration and development to be held in 2006. On 23 January 2006, the Secretary-General appointed Peter Sutherland as his Special Representative on Migration to assist with preparations for the upcoming meeting.
The Special Representative is specifically tasked with preparing a "comprehensive overview of studies and analyses on the multidimensional aspects of migration and development...," which will draw on the findings of the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM), an expert body formed by the Secretary-General in 2003 which issued its final report entitled "Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action" in October 2005.
An overview of the organizational arrangements for the meeting is provided in the Secretary-General's report, A/60/205 (8 August 2005).
As part of the lead-up to the high-level dialogue, a number of Expert Group and Coordination Meetings have been convened by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Their reports are available here.
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