(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) QUITO, 25th January, 2020 (WAM) -- A major global ummit on migration will be coming to Dubai in January 2021, after the UAE formally took over the Preidency of the Global Forum on Migration and Development from Ecuador on Thurday.
The hand-over, which took place during a formal ceremony in Quito, marked the tart of an ambitiou yearlong programme of event around the world, which will focu on improving how government repond to international migration.
Addreing the Quito ummit, Naer bin Thani Al Hamli, Miniter of Human Reource and Emiratiation, thanked aembled delegate for their confidence in the UAE to deliver a forward-looking agenda over the coure of 2020.
"The UAE i honoured to Chair the GFMD", aid the Miniter. "We are a tolerant, open nation, and we are proud of our role providing opportunitie to million of people from around the world. Human mobility i deeply entwined with our ucce a a nation, with foreign-born reident contributing to our development in every area, from infratructure to buine, and from port to art and culture.
"Our agenda a Chair will feature topic that are new to the GFMD, including the impact of the future of work on migration, and the programme will include ix regional event over the coure of thi year. Happily, the timing of the Dubai Summit will coincide with Expo 2020, one of the key theme of which i mobility, o there will be ignificant cro-over between thee two major international event."
Hoting the GFMD in Dubai cement the UAE' reputation a a global leader in promoting ound migration governance. Over 8 million foreign-born reident currently live in the UAE, ending home $20 billion annually in remittance, a ignificant contributor to global development.
For policy maker focued on migration, the annual Global Forum on Migration and Development i the foremot annual inter-governmental gathering. Previou chair have included the government on Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Morocco and Germany. The UAE will be the firt Gulf country to hot the GFMD.
The Minitry of Human Reource and Emiratiation' Aitant Underecretary for International Relation and Communication, Abdulla Al Nuaimi, commented, aying, "The UAE i looking forward to providing a warm welcome to everyone attending our Summit in Dubai. We will enure that the Summit i the mot incluive yet, with ignificant participation by civil ociety, buine, and local government, a well a involvement by youth repreentative and academia."
The annual GFMD Summit hape the international migration agenda, which affect over 272 million people worldwide, according to figure from the UN. The number of international migrant ha grown rapidly in recent year, up from 173 million in the year 2000. It i anticipated that miniter and enior official from government around the world will attend the Summit in Dubai.
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