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This report breaks new ground in applying a human development approach to the study of migration.

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Upcoming events related to human development

UN Climate Change Conference
Copenhagen, Denmark
7-18 December 2009
The sessions (COP 15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is open to Parties of the Convention and Observer States (Governments), the United Nations System and observer organizations duly admitted by the Conference of the Parties. In addition, accredited press is allowed to cover the proceedings of the Convention.

International Migrants' Day
Worldwide
18 December 2009
The UN proclamation of the International Migrants' Day is an important step, offering a rallying point for everyone across the world who is concerned with the protection of migrants. The UN invited all UN member states, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations to observe this day by disseminating information on human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, sharing experiences, and undertaking action to ensure the protection of migrants.

Recent events related to human development

UNDP Presentation and Discussion of the 2009 Human Development Report
DC-1 Lounge, 3rd Floor, New York
18 November 2009
Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development is the new, definitive report on migration and development. It breaks new ground in applying a human development approach to the study of movement, covering both internal and international migration. It discusses who moves, where and why. It looks at the multiple impacts of migration for all who are affected by it —not just those who move, but also those who stay, and links these to policies. The report lays out a major policy agenda designed to promote the human development outcomes of migration, and is a must read for everyone interested in the topic .

Challenges to Human Development
Washington, DC
17 November 2009
Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development is the new, definitive report on migration and development. It breaks new ground in applying a human development approach to the study of movement, covering both internal and international migration. It discusses who moves, where and why. It looks at the multiple impacts of migration for all who are affected by it —not just those who move, but also those who stay, and links these to policies. The report lays out a major policy agenda designed to promote the human development outcomes of migration, and is a must read for everyone interested in the topic .

Eight Coordination Meeting on International Migration
United Nations Secretariat, New York
16 November 2009
Special presentation: Human Development Report 2009. Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development. Jeni Klugman, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Missing Dimensions of Gender Inequality in Chile
HDRO Conference Room
5 November 2009
This paper seeks to quantify gender inequality in Chile over a number of dimensions for which there is now information available from a new dataset commissioned by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. The new dataset contains hitherto unavailable data on employment conditions, agency and empowerment, safety and security, shame and humiliation, and life satisfaction and subjective well-being.

3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development
Athens, Greece
4-5 November 2009
The Global Forum on Migration and Development is a voluntary, non-binding and informal consultative process open to all States Members and Observers of the United Nations. On the 16th of December 2008, Greece assumed the annual Presidency of the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development- GFMD, as well as and the organisation of similar meetings that will take place in Athens between the 2nd and 5th of November 2009 under the title: “INTEGRATING MIGRATION POLICIES INTO DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL”. The meeting will be conducted into two parts: the first part is dedicated to Civil Society Days, on the 2nd and 3rd of November, while the second is the Government part, on the 4th and 5th of November.

1st Migration and Development Virtual Fair
M4D Website/Online
2-3 November 2009
The EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) is holding a Migration and Development Virtual Fair 2009 in parallel with the GFMD Civil Society Days (2-3 November 2009). The first such M&D event of its kind, it will bring together 1000s of ‘virtual’ visitors to network, explore virtual exhibitions and post questions online to key participants in Athens.

Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America
HDRO Conference Room
30 October 2009
Why have some societies done better than others at reducing the risk of early death? The research to be presented in this seminar indicates that the public provision of basic health care and other inexpensive social services has reduced mortality rapidly even in tough economic circumstances, and that political democracy has contributed to the provision and utilization of such social services, in a wider range of ways than is sometimes recognized.

3rd OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy
Busan, Korea
27-30 October 2009
The 3rd World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy” will be held in Busan, Korea on 27-30 October 2009. The Forum will attract some 1 500 high level participants with a mixture of politicians and policy makers, opinion leaders, Nobel laureates, statisticians, academics, journalists and representatives of civil society, from over 130 countries.