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UNIS/MA/198
 9 January 2018

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

Media briefing via Webex in advance of launch of 'Making Migration Work for All' Report by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

on

Wednesday 10 January

at 2.30 p.m. Central European Time

with Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, will launch his report on migration: 'Making Migration Work for All' on Thursday, 11 January at 4pm Central European Time (1000 (EST) at UN Headquarters in New York.

The report, which will be available in the six official languages, provides a vision for how to better manage migration, for the benefit of all - the migrants themselves, their host communities and their societies of origin. The General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to produce the report as an input to the zero draft of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and related inter-governmental negotiations.

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Media representatives can join the Webex session remotely. If you wish to join the Webex and receive an embargoed copy of the report please contact:  

Katharina Goetze
Associate Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-4949
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-4949
Email: katharina.goetze[at]unvienna.org

or

Anne Thomas
Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-5588
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-5588
Email: anne.thomas[at]unvienna.org