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Special Update on Quito Process V Technical Meeting on Human Special update on Quito Process AS OF NOVEMBER 2019 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AS OF NOVEMBER 2019 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN V Technical Meeting on HumanV EMobilityNEZUVELEANNEZUE LofAN Venezuelan Citizens in the RegionREFUGEERSE F&U MGIEGERSA &N TMSIG INR ATNHTES R IENG TIOHNE REGION UNITED STATES UNITED STATES BOGOTA, COLOMBIA Havana\ MEXICO Havana\ MEXICO CUBA DOMINICAN 14-15 NOVEMBER 2019 CUBA DOMINICAN \ REPUBLIC Mexico \ HAITI \ PUERTO REPUBLIC Mexico JAMAICA \ Santo HAITI \ PUERTO City \BELIZE JAMAICA \ RICO City \ Domingo Santo RICO BELIZE Domingo \ HONDURAS CARIBBEAN SEA GUATEMALA \ \ HONDURAS CARIBBEAN SEA \ GUATEMALA \ EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA \ ARUBA CURACAO \ EL SALVADOR APoRrUt BA \NICARAGUA Spain CURACAO Port San José \ \ TRINIDAD Spain \ Panamá San JoséCaracas & TOBA\GO \ TRINIDAD PARTICIPATION COSTA \ \ Caracas Panamá & TOBAGO COSTA \ RICA PANAMA Georgetown RICA PANAMAVENEZUELA \ Georgetown VENEZ\UPaErLaAmaribo \ GUYANA Paramaribo \Bogotá \ CGayUeYnAneNA \ \Bogotá \ Cayenne COLOMBIA SURINAME COLOMBIA FRENCH SURINAME GUYANA FRENCH The fifth round of the Quito Process (Quito V – GUYANA \Quito \Quito ECUADOR Bogota Chapter) took place on 14-15 November ECUADOR (2019), with the participation of 12 States from PERU Latin America and the Caribbean, along with PERU \Lima BRAZIL key cooperating States, international financial \Lima BRAZIL \ BOLIVIA Brasilia \ BOLIVIA Brasilia institutions and other actors. \ \ Sucre Sucre PACIFIC PARAGUAY ATLANTIC PACIFIC PARAGUAY ATLANTIC OCEAN Asunción \ OCEAN The meeting follows up on four previous meetings OCEAN Asunción \ OCEAN QUITO V DECLARATION in September and November 2018, April and July QUITO V DECLARATION SIGNATORIES ARGENTINA SIGNATORIES ARGENTINA 2019, as part of a government-led initiative thatArge ntina \ URUGUAY Argentina \ URUGUAY Santiago \ \ Santiago \ Brazil Buenos Montevideo \ aims to harmonize the policies and practices of Brazil Aires Buenos Montevideo Chile CHILE Aires Chile CHILE the countries in the region. Besides, this regionalColo mbia Colombia Costa Rica Costa Rica effort contributes to strengthening coordinationEcu ador Ecuador of the humanitarian response and also aims toGuy ana Guyana México México improve access to and enjoyment of rights forPara guay Paraguay Perú Perú refugees and migrants from Venezuela as outlinedUru guay Uruguay in the Quito Declaration and the subsequent Plan Sources: Governments. The displacemnet flow data come from public information, official websites and secondary sources. of Action. Creation date: November 20S1o9u,r c meso: rGeo inveforrnmmaetniotsn. aTvhaeil dabislpel ainc:e hmttnpe:t/ /fRlo4wV .dinaftoa come from public information, official websites and secondary sources. Creation date: November 2019, more information available in: http://R4V.info KEY DOCUMENTS Joint Statement by the Fith International Technical Meeting on Human Mobility of Venezuelan Nationals [SPA] UNHCR and IOM celebrate progress of the Quito Process [SPA] MAIN OUTCOMES The Quito V meeting produced a Joint Declaration signed by 11 participating States, which reaffirms the importance of this technical regional forum, aimed at facilitating coordination and harmonization of humanitarian responses and integration efforts of the Venezuelan population on the move. Building up on the Quito Plan of Action priorities, the Declaration sets the pace towards the next Quito Process meeting, to be hosted by Chile next May 2020. Technical Working Groups In addition to updates on the humanitarian situation, the agenda included prioritized issues for follow up in the context of the Quito Plan of Action divided into several modules: 1) Regional context and developments in the Quito Process; 2) Registration, data, documentation and human mobility; 3)Protection of refugees and migrants; 4) Socio-economic integration of refugees and migrants. Registration and documentation Cooperation Terms of Reference of the Friend of Technological platform for data- the Quito Process Group sharing. Further to the Solidarity Conference (Oct. 2019), call to increase technical Regional Information Card and financial cooperation Increase of visibility Protection Integration Refugee and migrant children and Education adolescents protection protocol (including recognition of qualifications) Fostering regional responses on Health trafficking and smuggling (incl. HIV prevention and response) Strengthening of national asylum systems. Labour insertion NEXT STEPS Following up to the above-mentioned, countries requested UNHCR and IOM to continue supporting a Technical Secretariat of the Quito Process in coordination with the Pro Tempore Presidency. As agreed, Chile will assume the rotating leadership of the Quito Process for the next meeting, to be held in six months - tentatively planned for May 2020-. Coordination and technical meetings will be organized over the coming months with national authorities from the region, international cooperation actors, as well as other key stakeholders including the Regional Interagency Coordination Platform. .
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