As delegates from non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society and the private sector gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York on international migration and development, Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown hailed their input as crucial to the intergovernmental approach to the issue. “The role of civil society is to warn us, and to make sure that we don’t overlook, the real risks of international migration, particularly in the area of human rights,” he told participants.