Dear Colleagues
thAs 9 report of representing IFSW at the UNHCR ExCom as of early October 2013, after the HighLevel Meeting on Burden Sharing on behalf of Syrian Refugees, here, in New York the UN General
Assembly had a High Level Meeting on Migration and Development on 3-4 October 2013 as well.
Please use the following link to the “Draft resolution submitted by the President of the General
Assembly Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development”:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/68/L.5
The draft Resolution is very much linked to our Global Agenda and what ist to be recognised byrealising the post 2015-Millenium Development Goals.
And see/listen to the speech of Mr. Ban, at the evening before the “High Level Meeting on Migrationand Development”:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46181&Cr=migration&Cr1=#.UmUmQrQ6nIU
For more information see:
http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/ga/index.html
And as well, the High Level Panel Beyond2015
http://www.post2015hlp.org/
And to better understand and advocate for the protection needs of refugees, see/listen to the interview
with the UNHCR Director on International Protection and UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner on
Protection, Mr. Volker Türk:
http://youtu.be/ub_uZHSp5ps
For the relation to the OHCHR see the statement of former UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner on
Protection, Mrs. Erika Feller, earlier this year:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=512e2c4c9
On Syrian Refugees
High level segment on Burden Sharing for Syrian Refugees:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=52429e0d9
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=523aba169
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=524c1e4b9
NGO-Statement:
http://www.unhcr.org/525e8e6c9.html
On Somali Refugees
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=52553b276
On Afghan Refugees
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=525baeae9
Report on the Annual Consultations with NGO’s
http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=525e92019&query=annualconsultations
Full report
http://www.unhcr.org/ngoconsultations/FINAL%20Full%20Report%20of%20the%20annual%20consult
ations%20Sept%202013.pdf

High Commissioners Dialogue on “Faith and Protection” and follow up
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=524ac7fd9&query=faith
NGO Statement on General Debate:
http://www.unhcr.org/525e911a9.html

UNHCR at the UN General Assembly
http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=5244440f9&query=nansen
initiative
Nansen Initiative on Climate Change and Natural Desasters
http://nanseninitiative.org/UNHCR and the EU researching on “Credibility in Asylum Procedures”:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=51a8a08a9
UNHCR “Conclusion on Civil Registration” as of 2013
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=525fdfef9
OSCE and the Council of Europe, had become status as observers at UNHCR Executive
Committee
The ExCom Office has got a second Chairperson, so the four Bureaus are permanently present in theOffice. So different bureaus and states from each region are taking place in the office in different
functions.
http://www.unhcr.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=525baeae9&query=rappor
teur, therefore see annex III.
Discussion on Draft General Comment No 35, Article 9 on Convention on Political Rights:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13874&LangID=E
So far for this time.
I wish you success in following the Beyond 2015 MDGs and follow ups, the item of refugees is verymuch related to that of migration and both to development.
Yours sincerely
TobiasTobias Roosen
IFSW-Representative UNOG
www.ifsw.org
Master of Social Work
Schindlerstr. 7
CH-8006 Zürich
Tel.: +41 44 361 52 70
Mobile: +41 79 503 34 74
E-Mail: geray.roosen@bluewin.ch