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Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 03:00
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Development [2]
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258 [3]
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed a standing forum led by all 191 Member States which governments could use to share ideas and discuss best practices and policies related to international migration and how this phenomenon ties in with global development. Presenting a wide-ranging 90-page report entitled "International migration and development" to the General Assembly, Mr. Annan described the exhaustive study as "an early road map for this new era of mobility," and said...read more [4]

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed a standing forum led by all 191 Member States which governments could use to share ideas and discuss best practices and policies related to international migration and how this phenomenon ties in with global development. Presenting a wide-ranging 90-page report entitled "International migration and development" to the General Assembly, Mr. Annan described the exhaustive study as "an early road map for this new era of mobility," and said that "the advantages that migration brings are not as well understood as they should be."

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