Too many migrants face marginalization & exploitation! 📣
We have to:
🔹Improve migration management
🔹Reduce vulnerability for migrants in precarious situations
🔹Work for social & economic inclusion of migrants
🇳🇴 DPR @Odd_Inge_K to the #IMRF2022
➡️https://t.co/2F6ZTlauug
State Secretary for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security 🇳🇴, Astrid Bergmål, is in Geneva this week for Norway’s bilateral meeting with IOM and discussions on matters ranging from Ukraine, refugees, labour rights, migration, displacement, resettlement &humanitarian crises.
Welcome to Geneva, Nancy Herz, State Secretary for Labor and Social Inclusion!
In town this week to meet with the UN and international organisations on refugees, migration, gender-based violence, health and human rights issues.
Norway supports efforts to end harmful practices based on:
🔸protection of human rights
🔸sexual&reproductive health&rights (SRHR)
🔸Agenda 2030 & #SDG5 on gender equality, empowering women & girls (5.3 #EndFGM)
UNFPA, UNICEF, UNWomen & civil society=key partners in this effort
Great to meet with @ILO on their work related to migration, skills, knowledge, anti-discrimination & social dialogue.
Good exchange on the Norwegian integration policy and experience in mobilizing for employment, promoting gender equality & working against discrimination.
From today’s visit at @CERN, experiencing amazing technology, groundbreaking research, and an engaging discussion with Norwegian CERN participants.
Thank you for today’s meeting and strategic discussions across research and industrial relations #CERN#LHC
I'm humbled&excited to take on the Presidency of the #SecurityCouncil for January. Looking forward to continued close dialogue w/all #UNSC members & to listen to civil society briefers
Team #NorwayUNSC will do its utmost to support the work of the Council towards peace&security!
🇳🇴 at #RefugeeForum: 💬 Clean energy for displaced+host communities goes beyond the typical humanitarian timeline.
➡️We must think in development terms and timelines, in humanitarian contexts. This requires new solutions, ways of working and collaboration.
#HumanitarianEnergy
What has been progress towards objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees?
📺Follow the High-Level Officials' Meeting (14&15 Dec 2021) #RefugeeForum by UNHCR @Refugees live here
https://t.co/NWto3ZFIsx
📃More info on HLOM here 👇
https://t.co/RaJ5LSEM7l
#chartingthefuture🌍
Norway🇳🇴 is dedicated to work w/int'l community on causes of displacement
📌We'll scale up efforts in fragile states, strengthen #humanitarian assistance & support largest refugee host countries
📌We appreciate #IOM's valuable work for 70 yrs & look fwd to continued partnership
An important week for @NorwayMFA .
72nd #UNHCR Executive Committee meeting. The world’s refugees and internally displaced persons deserve to be in the spotlight, today and always. Thank you @Refugees and @FilippoGrandi for strong messages and leadership.
🇺🇳UNSG Guterres on #Afghanistan and key issues:
📌 Quick, increased funding
📌 Boost humanitarian access
📌 Safeguard rights of women & girls
📌 Save lives & livelihoods
Flash appeal of USD 606M to get urgent assistance to 11M people in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 during coming period.
Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research participates at the High Level Dialogue on Jobs and Livelihoods at GRF. Norway resettles refugees through the UNHCR, supports a global qualifications passport for refugees, and is committed to integration efforts in our own country.
Spotlight session on labor market at #RefugeeForum.⭐️ Some tips from panelists include: skillset mapping at early stage matching employment needs;support women in labor force;collect key household data; decent work for all; complementary investments on infrastructure #LetThemWork