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
