Towards Regional Governance on Migration and Forced Displacement: A Side Event of the Ninth Summit of the Americas

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Date & Time THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022, 12:00 P.M. ET (New York, D.C.) / 11:00 A.M. CT (Chicago, Mexico City) / 10:00 A.M. MT (Guatemala City, Denver) / 9:00 A.M. PT (Los Angeles)*

*SPEAKERS:

*Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)

*Diego Beltrand, Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuela Situation, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

*Álvaro Botero, Coordinator of the Unit of Refugees and Forced Displacement, Department of Social Inclusion, OAS

*Kevin Cassidy, Director for United States and Canada, International Labor Organization (ILO)

*Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa Rica (2010-14)

*Iván Duque, President of Colombia

*Maria Espinosa, Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas

*Maricarmen Plata, Secretary of Access to Rights and Equity, OAS

*Erika Mouynes, Foreign Minister of Panamá

*Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director of the Department of Social Inclusion, OAS

*Eduardo Enrique Reina, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honduras

*Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

*José Samaniego, Regional Director for the Americas, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

*Andrew Selee, President, MPI

*Eduardo Stein, Joint Special Representative of UNHCR and IOM for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela

*Julieta Valls Noyes, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. State Department

*Katie Taylor, Executive Director, Pan American Development Foundation

Other speakers to be confirmed.

Location: Virtual Event and Hotel Indigo, Downtown Los Angeles, 899 Francisco Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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In the framework of the Summit of the Americas, this event seeks to bring together government representatives, international organizations, and civil society to discuss tools and concrete actions on regional migration governance, share best practices and lessons learned, and review the role of regional mechanisms to respond to migration and forced displacement.

The event is organized by the Department for Social Inclusion of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the World Refugee and Migration Council, Open Society Foundations, and Emerson Collective.

The event can be attended in person or online.

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