Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 15-16 March 2011: Conference Documents

(Links to documents in Russian will be made available shortly.)

Main Conference Documents

• Concept Note [English] [Russian]
• Conference Agenda [English] [Russian]
• Background paper, Refugee Protection and Migration Dynamics in Central Asia, March 2011 [English] [Russian]
• List of participants [English]
• Conference Summary Report [English] [Russian]
• Almaty Declaration [English] [Russian]

Conference Plenary Statements

• Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection [English] [Russian]
• Statement by Ms. Laura Thompson, IOM Deputy Director General [English]
• Statement by Mr. Goran Svilanovic, OSCE Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities [English]
• Statement by Mr. Miroslav Jenca, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Head of UNRCCA [English]
• Statement by the Republic of Azerbaijan [Russian]
• Statement on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan [Russian]
• Statement by the Kyrgyz Republic [Russian]
• Statement by Turkmenistan [Russian]
• Statement by CICA chairmanship [English]
• Statement by the CIS [Russian]

UNHCR policy papers and tools on Refugee Protection and International Migration

• Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: A 10-Point Plan of Action, January 2007 [English] [Russian]
• UNHCR High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Discussion Paper: Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the Context of International Migration (2007) [English]
• UNHCR High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Protection Gaps and Responses (2010), Summary [English]
• Information Note: 10-Point Plan (2010)[English] [Russian]
• Extracts of the Agenda for Protection [English]

IOM documents on Mixed Migration

• IOM Note on Protection 2007 [English]
• International Dialogue on Migration 2008. Challenges of Irregular Migration: Addressing Mixed Migration Flows, 7 November 2008 [English]
• Irregular Migration and Mixed Flows: IOM's Approach, 19 October 2009 [English]
• IOM Mission and Strategic Focus [English]

International and Regional Legal Instruments

Refugees and Stateless Persons

• Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, United Nations, entry into force 22 April 1954 [English] [Russian]
• Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, United Nations, entry into force 4 October 1967 [English] [Russian]
• Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 28 September 1954, United Nations, entry into force 6 June 1960 [English] [Russian]
• Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 30 August 1961, United Nations, entry into force 13 December 1975 [English] [Russian]

Relevant regional legal instruments

• Convention on Legal Assistance and Conflicts of Law in Matters of Civil, Family and Criminal Law (The Minsk Convention) of 22 January 1993, Commonwealth of Independent States [English] [Russian]
• Convention on Legal Assistance and Conflicts of Law in Matters of Civil, Family and Criminal Law (The Kishinev Convention) of 7 October 2002, Commonwealth of Independent States [English] [Russian]
• CIS Agreement on Aid to Refugees and Forced Migrants of 24 September 1993, Commonwealth of Independent States [English] [Russian]
• CIS Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 26 May 1995, Commonwealth of Independent States, entry into force 11 August 1998 [English] [Russian]

Policy Papers of other organizations

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Policy on Migration (2009) [English]

Media

• UNHCR press release, "UNHCR's protection chief calls for a balance between refugee protection, national security and border control in Central Asia," 15 March 2011 [English]
• UN website article, "UNHCR conducted Regional Conference on refugee protection and international migration in Central Asia," 15 March 2011 [English] [Russian]
• Summary of Media Coverage [English] [Russian]