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Colombia Chairship 2024-2025 Geneva, 6 December 2024 – The first preparatory meetings and roundtable consultations of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) were held on November 6-7, inaugurating the global dialogue on migration and development of the Colombia Chairship for 2024-2025...

Read this article in Spanish or French. Geneva, 12 September 2024 The Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), Colombia, kicked off the programme for 2024-2025 at a launch event hosted by Ambassador Gustavo Gallón, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in...

Please note that the symposium is not a GFMD event. SAVE THE DATE for the upcoming International Policy Symposium on Unlocking Human Mobility's Development Potential within the Global South, which will be held on the 11th and 12th of September in Tunis, Tunisia. The symposium is co-hosted by the...

Geneva, 27 March 2024 During an informal ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of France this morning, H.E. Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva officially handed over the GFMD Chair to H.E. Mr Gustavo Adolfo Gallón Giraldo, Permanent...

The 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development that took place in Geneva on 23-25 January 2024 brought together over 1300 delegates from 123 governments and 49 GFMD observers, including international organisations, regional consultative processes, international financial...