UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — A two-day High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which will be attended by delegations from more than 150 UN member countries, including head of the Russian Federal Migration Service Konstantin Romodanovsky, is opening at the UN headquarters on Thursday.
The UN Department of Public Information reported on Wednesday that during the meetings on September 3 and 4, the forum participants would consider actions to use international migration for the benefit of global development, as well as to reduce the negative effects of this process on the socio- economic sphere.
The meeting is expected to pay major attention to the role of migration in the global development agenda beyond 2015.
The purpose of the High-level Dialogue is to identify concrete measures to strengthen coherence and cooperation at all levels, with a view to enhancing the benefits of international migration for migrants and countries alike and its important links to development, while reducing its negative implications.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report, presented for the meeting, determines eight points, which, in his opinion, should be taken into account in terms of the international community’s actions in the sphere of problems of migration of citizens.