LIST OF SPEAKERS
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE EVENT
30 September, 1500 HRS, CR4
All participants are requested to be at their seats by 2:55 pm. The event will start at 3 pm sharp.
Speakers are reminded that their statements will be strictly limited to three minutes .
PANEL DISCUSSION 15:00
Welcoming remarks United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. António Guterres,
Panelists Secretary-General of the United Nation, H.E. Mr. BAN Ki-moon (Chair)
Prime Minister of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, H.E. Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, H.E. Mrs. Retno Lestari Priansari, Marsudi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, H.E. Ms. Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas Concluding thoughts United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, Mr. Peter Sutherland
GENERAL DEBATE 15:25
President of Austria, H.E. Mr. Heinz Fischer Prime Minister of Greece, H.E. Mr. Alexios Tsipras
Prime Minister of Hungary, H.E. Mr. Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister of Norway, H.E. Ms. Erna Solberg Prime Minister of Malta, H.E. Mr. Joseph Muscat
Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius
Prime Minister of the Republic of Iceland, H.E. Mr. Sigmundur Davið Gunnlaugsson Prime Minister of Slovenia, H.E. Mr. Miro Cerar
Prime Minister of Sweden, H.E. Mr. Stefan Löfven United States Secretary of State H.E. Mr. John Kerry 16:05
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, H.E. Mr. Didier Reynders
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Croatia, H.E. Mrs. Vesna Pusić Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Israel, H.E. Mr. Silvan Shalom
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia H.E. Mr. Ivica Dacic
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, H.E. Mr. Daniel Mitov
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, H.E. María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic, H.E. Mr. Lubomír Zaorálek
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, H.E. Mr. Kristian Jensen
16:35
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shokry Selim
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, H.E. Mr. Timo Soini
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, H.E. Mr. Paolo Gentiloni
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Korea, H.E. Mr. Mr. Yun Byung-se
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Madagascar, H.E. Ms. Onitiana REALY
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Niger, H.E. Ms. Aichatou Boulama Kane
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain, H.E. Mr. José Manuel García Margallo 17:05
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Didier Burkhalter
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Togo, H.E. Mr. Robert Dussey
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, H.E. Mr. Taieb Baccouche
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, H.E. Ms. Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez
Minister for External Relations of Brazil H.E. Mr. Mauro Vieira
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, H.E. Mr. Nikola Poposki Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, H.E. Mr. Carlos Raul Morales
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, H.E. Mr. Valentin Rybakov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, H.E. Mr. David Dondua 17:35
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras, H.E. Ms. Maria del Carmen Nasser
Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Canada, H.E. Mr. Peter Boehm
Assistant Foreign Minister for Political Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Mr. Ahmed Al Jarman
Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mr. Asim Iftikhar
Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues of Australia, H.E. Mr. Andrew Goledzinowski
Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Kyaw Tin
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Matthew Rycroft, CBE
Deputy Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations, Mr. Mounzer Mounzer
IFRC Vice President & President of the Italian Red Cross Mr. Francesco Rocca
Secretary-General for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Ambassador Sergio Piazzi International Organization of la Francophonie
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
CONCLUDING SEGMENT 17:50
President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft
President of the Social and Economic Council, H.E. Mr. Oh Joon
Concluding remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson
DISCUSSANTS
In order to enrich the discussions, a number of Discussants will be called upon at different points during the General Debate to inform the meeting on specific perspectives.
To discuss the European regional perspective (15:50)
H. E. High Representative Federica Mogherini, Vice President of the European Commission
To discuss the humanitarian perspective (15:55)
H.E. Mr. Oldemiro Júlio Marques Balói, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique
To discuss the development perspective (16:30)
H.E. Mr. Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh
To discuss the South East Asian regional perspective (17:00)
H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN
To discuss the African regional perspective (17:10)
Dr Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, Commissioner for Social Affairs of the African Union
To discuss the Arab regional perspective (17:40)
H.E. Dr. Badre Eddine Allali, Under-Secretary-General for Social Affairs of the League of Arab States To discuss specific operational issues
Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr. Stephen O’Brien Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund