First Session of the IDM 2021 - Opening and Panel 1: The Road to COP 26 - Accelerating action to address migration (FLOOR), 25 May 2021

Opening and Keynote Remarks: 

  • Mr. Antonio Vitorino, Director General, IOM 
  • Honourable Prime Minister Rear Admiral (Retired) 
  • Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Fiji 
  • Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Kingdom of Morocco 
  • Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the General Assembly 
  • Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations 
  • Ms. Runa Kahn, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship 
  • Panel 1. The Road to COP 26 - Accelerating action to address migration and displacement in the context of climate and environmental change

 

Panel 1: The Road to COP 26- Accelerating action to address migration and displacement in the context of climate and environmental change

Moderator: Mr. António Vitorino, Director General

IOM Speakers: 

  • Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, MP, Honourable Foreign Minister, Bangladesh 
  • Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt 
  • Ms. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, United Kingdom International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP 26 Presidency 
  • Mr. Frank Tressler Zamorano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva 
  • Mr. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
  • Mr. Andreas Papaconstantinou, Director for Neighbourhood and Middle East, Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, European Commission