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AFRICAN UNION

UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA

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AFRICAN COMMON POSITION ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

AFRICAN UNION

UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone [phone] Website : www.africa-union.org

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Ninth Ordinary Session 25 – 29 June, 2006 Banjul, THE GAMBIA
EX.CL/277 (IX)

AFRICAN COMMON POSITION ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Executive Council Decision (EX.CL/Dec.264 on Migration and Development (VIII)) adopted during the January 2006 Khartoum Summit mandated the Commission of the African Union to convene an Experts’ Meeting on Migration and Development in Algiers, Algeria at the kind invitation of the Government of Algeria. The meeting took place as scheduled from April 3-5, 2006.

The

Over 42 countries attended the meeting and the discussions were lively and exciting. A number of Regional, International and Non-Governmental
Organizations and Institutions were also represented. These included: ILO, IOM, ALO, UN/AIDS, UNDP, UNICEF, ICMPO, ARLAC, OATUU, Vatican, ICRC, PanAfrican Youth Organization, and FAO. In addition the following organizations working in the field of migration in the Diaspora attended the meeting: African Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (AFWE), The Foundation for Democracy in Africa, and African
Foundation for Development (AFFORD).

At the end of the meeting the delegates adopted a Draft African Common
Position on Migration and Development which covers a number of areas including Migration and Development, Human Resources and the Brain Drain, Remittances, Trade, Migration and Peace, Security and Stability, Migration and Human Rights, Gender, Regional Initiatives and Access to Social Services but to mention a few. The Draft African Common Position on Migration and Development also contains a set of recommendation at