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34. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists in which the
following delegations participated: Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, the Congo, Côte
d’Ivoire, Cuba, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico,
the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Zambia.
35. The representative of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat) also participated.
36. At its 14th meeting, on 10 March, the Commission took note of the summary
of the panel discussion submitted by the moderator (E/CN.6/2006/CRP.9).*
37. At the same meeting, the Vice-Chairperson of the Commission reported on the
outcome of informal consultations held.
38. At its resumed 14th meeting, on 16 March, the Commission had before it the
draft agreed conclusions submitted by the Chairperson of the Commission
(E/CN.6/2006/L.9).
39. At the same meeting, the Secretary corrected operative paragraph 17 ((ii) by
replacing the word “full” by the word “good”.
40. Also at the resumed 14th meeting, the Commission adopted the draft agreed
conclusions on equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes
at all levels, as orally corrected (see chap. I, sect. D).
Panel discussion on agenda item 3 (b)
High-level panel on the gender dimensions of
international migration
41. At its 9th meeting, on 2 March, the Commission held a high-level panel on the
theme “The gender dimensions of international migration”, moderated by Carmen
Maria Gallardo (El Salvador), Chairperson of the Commission.
42. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following panellists:
Monica Boyd (Canada Research Chair in Sociology, University of Toronto);
Milagros B. Asis (Director, Research and Publications, Scalabrini Migration Center,
Philippines); Manuel Orozco (Senior Associate, Inter-American Dialogue, United
States of America); Irena Omelaniuk (Migration Adviser, Development Prospects
Group, World Bank); and Ndioro Ndiaye (Deputy Director General, International
Organization for Migration).
43. An interactive dialogue with the panellists ensued, in which the following
delegations participated: Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil,
Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, South
Africa, Spain, Turkey and Zambia.
44. The Director of the United Nations International Research and Training
Institute for the Advancement of Women participated in the dialogue.
* http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw50/documents.htm.
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