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Press release 13 May 2014 Prime Minister's Office Ministry of Justice to receive UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon On Wednesday 14 May, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will receive UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for discussions. The agenda includes the very disturbing developments in Ukraine and Syria, the UN's efforts to reach agreement on sustainable development goals post-2015, and preparations ahead of the Secretary-General's high- level meeting on to be held in New York in September, which is one step on the road to the climate change conference in Paris in 2015 (COP21).

Webcast Press conference with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon is visiting to hold the opening address at the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in . Together with Mr Reinfeldt and Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström, he will also take part in a study visit to IT consultancy company Cybercom. The company depends on labour immigration from other countries. The aim of the visit is to gain an insight into Sweden's system for labour immigration, which is one of the most open in the world. It paves the way for people from around the world to come to Sweden to work and contribute to the Swedish society, while also enriching their home country.

Programme points: 13.00 Fredrik Reinfeldt and Ban Ki-moon speak at the opening ceremony of the Global Forum on Migration and Development.

14.25 Fredrik Reinfeldt and Ban Ki-moon arrive at . Photo opportunity at the entrance. NB. Admittance for photographers 13.40-13.55 via the intersection of Strömgatan/Drottninggatan.

14.30 Discussions. Photo pool.

15.50 Joint press conference. Bella Venezia, in English. NB. Admittance for the media 15.00-15.30 via the intersection of Strömgatan/Drottninggatan.

16.30 Joint study visit. Photo pool. NB. Advance registration to: [email protected] by 13 May, 16.30.

Contact Markus Friberg Press Secretary to Fredrik Reinfeldt +46 8 405 48 72 +46 70 261 30 84 email to Markus Friberg Daniel Valiollahi Press Secretary to Fredrik Reinfeldt +46 8 405 37 80 +46 72 225 45 47 email to Daniel Valiollahi Press release 09 May 2014 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Justice Ban Ki-moon to deliver opening address at Stockholm meeting on migration and development On 14-16 May more than 450 delegates from 140 countries will gather in Stockholm to discuss migration and development.

Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and Minister for International Development Cooperation Hillevi Engström will host the meeting. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be speaking at the opening session. External links Online media accreditation The meeting is taking place under the Swedish Chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and application Development (GFMD). Key issues to be discussed include the ways in which migration can boost revenues, greater investment in education and health, entrepreneurship and job creation.

While in Sweden, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will also meet Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt for talks.

Media representatives are invited to attend the plenary sessions. Special media accreditation is required. The deadline for accreditation is 10 am on Monday 12 May. 2013

Press release 27 June 2013 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Justice 's Minister for Foreign Affairs to visit Sweden

Time and place Press conference on Friday 28 June, 13.45 Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Gustav Adolfs torg 1

Please bring press credentials.

Iraq's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, will visit Sweden on 26-30 June as part of a European tour. Mr Zebari will meet Minister for Foreign Affairs , Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and State Secretary Gunnar Oom. He will also visit the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Discussions during the visit will focus on the conflict in Syria and the political and security situation in Iraq.

Welcome to a press conference with foreign ministers Zebari and Bildt on Friday 28 June at 13.45.

Contact Erik Zsiga Press Secretary to Carl Bildt +46 72 573 91 30 email to Erik Zsiga Linda Norberg Press Secretary to Tobias Billström Press release 31 May 2013 Ministry of Justice Ministry for Foreign Affairs The Global Forum on Migration and Development - Sweden holds the chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) between 1 January 2013 and 30 June 2014. A seminar will be hosted by Ambassador Dan Hartelius at the Swedish residence in order to present the key priorities for the chairmanship and to discuss the EU's contribution to the work of the GFMD.

Time and place Related Monday 3 June 2013, 10.00-12.00 Global Forum on Migration Swedish residence, Avenue Géo Bernier 13, 1050 Brussels and Development, GFMD Please bring press credentials.

Participants in the seminar are the following: Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum policy, Tobias Billström The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström The Deputy Director-General for DG DEVCO, Klaus Rudischhauer The Ambassador for Moldova, Eugen Caras Moderator: Yves Pascouau from the European Policy Center

Media are welcome to attend the seminar. If you plan to attend, advance notification must be sent to Linda Norberg. Please bring press credentials.

Contact Linda Norberg Press Secretary to Tobias Billström Press release 29 January 2013 Ministry of Justice Ministry for Foreign Affairs Sweden chairs Global Forum on Migration and Development On 1 January 2013, Sweden took over the Chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). The Forum gathers over 160 states to discuss opportunities for increasing migration's contribution to development.

Time and place Download Thursday 31 January from 09.30-12.30 Programme (pdf 213 kB) Rosenbad Conference Centre, Drottninggatan 5

To inaugurate Sweden's Chairmanship, the Government will arrange a half-day seminar on 31 January, at which background information about the Forum as well as Sweden's priorities will be presented. Among those participating will be Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström, Minister for International Development Cooperation 's State Secretary Sofia Strand and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Migration and Development, Peter Sutherland.

The media are welcome to attend the entire seminar. There will be an opportunity to pose questions to Mr Billström and Mr Sutherland in connection with the first panel discussion.

NB! If you plan to attend, advance notification must be sent to Linda Norberg. Please bring press credentials.

Facts: The Global Forum on Migration and Development is a unique informal intergovernmental platform for dialogue on migration and development. Since its launch in 2007, over 160 states have participated each year. Sweden's Chairmanship will conclude with a world conference for some 1 000 delegates in May 2014.

Contact Linda Norberg Press Secretary to Tobias Billström 2012

Press release 25 June 2012 Ministry of Justice Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, to give evidence before The House of Lords

The House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Home Affairs, Health and Education has invited Mr Billström to give evidence on the EU Global Approach to Migration and Mobility and recent developments in Sweden. - This invitation is an opportunity for me to outline the Swedish government's fundamentally positive view of the Global Approach as well as some particular aspects of Swedish migration policy. Openness towards the outside world is one of our priorities, says Mr Billström.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 am on 27 June. The public session begins att 11 am.

Contact Linda Norberg Press Secretary to Tobias Billström 2011

Press release 07 December 2011 Ministry of Justice Refugee and statelessness conventions celebrate 60th and 50th anniversaries

This year marks 60 years since the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and 50 years since the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness were signed. This is being commemorated with a high-level meeting in Geneva on 7-8 December, with the participation of more than 70 ministers. Sweden is being Related represented by Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström, who by virtue of the Swedish Chairmanship of the UNHCR Executive Committee, will lead the meeting during the opening ceremony, when Speech by Tobias Billström at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Refugee Commissioner António Guterres and others will speak. UNHCR ministerial meeting in Finland's former President and Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari is also participating as a special guest speaker. Geneva

"The meeting over the next few days is not just ceremonial, but is also an important starting point for the continued work. Sweden was among the first countries to sign the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which continues to be one of the cornerstones of human rights protection," says Mr Billström.

Contact Linda Norberg Press Secretary to Tobias Billström Press release 10 January 2011 Ministry of Justice New Press Secretary to the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström

Linda Norberg has today taken up her post as new Press Secretary to the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström. Her most recent post was at the PR-company Grayling where she worked as a Pulic Affairs consultant.

Contact Linda Norberg Press Secretary to Tobias Billström 2010

Press release 05 October 2010 Prime Minister's Office Sweden's new government Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appointed the following government ministers today, 5 October 2010

Ministers and their press contacts are listed below. For new ministers, the press contact given is temporary and applies until further notice.

Prime Minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt Roberta Alenius +46 70 270 72 17

Markus Nordström +46 70 238 67 30

Minister for EU Affairs: Jenny Sonesson +46 70 308 44 06

Minister for Justice: Martin Valfridsson +46 70 274 10 22

Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy: Tobias Billström Markus Friberg +46 702 61 30 84

Minister for Foreign Affairs: Carl Bildt Irena Busic +46 70 271 02 55

Minister for International Development Cooperation: Gunilla Carlsson Peter Larsson +46 70 283 95 97

Minister for Trade: Ewa Björling Monica Ohlsson +46 70 296 18 99

Minister for Defence: Mikael Östlund +46 70 297 43 28

Minister for Health and Social Affairs: Göran Hägglund Petra Kjellarsson +46 70 646 21 12 Minister for Children and the Elderly: Niclas Thorselius +46 70 509 50 65

Minister for Public Administration and Housing: Martin Kits +46 70 535 07 87

Minister for Social Security: Niclas Bengtsson +46 70 353 78 22

Minister for Finance: Daniel Valiollahi +46 72 225 45 47

Minister for Financial Markets: Peter Norman Anna Charlotta Johansson +46 70 356 30 32

Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister: Jan Björklund Camilla Hansson +46 70 206 99 09

Minister for Gender Equality (Deputy Minister for Education): Yoav Bartal +46 70 357 51 94

Minister for Rural Affairs: Anna-Karin Nyman +46 70 519 01 59

Minister for the Environment: Lennart Bodén +46 70 950 22 45

Minister for Enterprise and Energy: Håkan Lind +46 70 269 11 98

Minister for Information Technology and Regional Affairs (Deputy Minister for Enterprise): Anna-Karin Hatt Frank Nilsson +46 70 690 24 33

Minister for Communications: Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd Markus Sjöqvist +46 76 107 20 36

Minister for Culture and Sport: Sara Bengtsson +46 70 358 77 91 Minister for Employment: Hillevi Engström Sebastian Carlsson +46 73 769 22 77

Minister for Integration (Deputy Minister for Employment): Anna Neuman +46 70 301 47 90

Contact Roberta Alenius Presschef hos Fredrik Reinfeldt +46 8 405 49 04 Markus Nordström Press Secretary to Fredrik Reinfeldt +46 8 405 48 72 +46 70 238 67 30 email to Markus Nordström