Implementation of the Mandates of the I V Summit of the Americas

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International Organization for Migration
Implementation of the Mandates of the I V Summit
of the Americas
XLV Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review
Group Thursday, March 29, 2007
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International Organization for Migration
Growth with Employment (Declaration Mandate 7
Poverty)

• Country Initiatives some examples
• Guatemala
• Community Development Projects
• 53 implemented projects, 13 completed projects
• Agrarian conflict resolution benefits over 340
  families
• Sustainable Development Program of Border
  Populations PRODESFRO
• Paving over 54 km of roads in the
  Guatemala-Mexico border areas
• Haiti
• Rehabilitation and Stabilization Program (PRESE)
• Community driven projects.
• Generated 657,629 person-days of employment,
  22,000 children in Cité Soleil back in school
• (Plan of Action Mandate 66)

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International Organization for Migration
Jobs to Fight Poverty (Declaration Mandates 25
Child Labor)

• Regional Initiatives
• Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay
• Regional Prevention of Trafficking and Smuggling
  in Children and Reinforcing their Knowledge about
  Sexual Reproductive Health
• IDB and First Ladies
• Training to over 100 teachers in each country
• Information will reach over 4,000 students in
  primary and secondary schools
• Bolivia, Chile and MERCOSUR countries
• Program to Counter trafficking of children and to
  prevent Child Pornography, Phase II
• Regional Training Workshop
• Central America
• Regional Guidelines for Special Protection in
  Cases of the Return of Child Victims of
  Trafficking (RCM)

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International Organization for Migration
Jobs to Fight Poverty (Mandates 27 28
Decent work for migrant workers, trafficking and
Smuggling dignified, orderly, safe return of
migrants )
National Initiatives Argentina FOINTRA
Project, Phase II and AVOT (medical,
psychological issues) Costa Rica Project to
assist trafficking victims in the Pacific Coast
National Coalition to Combat Human
Trafficking El Salvador Temporary Shelter for
Victims of Trafficking Validation of the
Protocol for the Assistance of
Victims Guatemala Program for the selection,
pre/departure and transfer of seasonal
agricultural workers from Guatemala to
Canada (FERME) Program to improve the
health of migrant workers in the Belize-
Guatemala Zone Haiti Short term
labor opportunities in neighboring countries.
Venezuela Media campaign on the rights of
migrant workers and their families
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International Organization for Migration
Jobs to Fight Poverty (Declaration Mandates 28
Trafficking and smuggling)

• Regional Initiatives
• Central American Protocol for the Repatriation of
  Children Victims of Trafficking
• Assisted by UNICEF and ILO
• Ratified by key government leaders
• Repatriation of 18,941 migrants in 2005, and
  20,318 in 2006
• Triple Border Area of Argentina, Brazil and
  Paraguay
• Working with local governments and local NGOs
• Disseminate information on the risks and
  consequences of human trafficking
• Caribbean Counter-trafficking Initiative (CCTI)
• Raising awareness
• Building capacities
• Strengthening regional collaboration and
  information sharing

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International Organization for Migration
Jobs to Fight Poverty (Declaration Mandates 28
Cooperation and Dialogue to reduce undocumented
migration)

• Regional Dialogues on Migration
• 6th South American Conference on Migration (SCM)
  Paraguay, May 2006 Declaration of Asunción,
  (7th South-American Conference, Venezuela, 2007)
• Seminar The Human Rights of Migrants Main
  Challenges in Argentina
• Re-formulation and improvement of the OSUMI
  website
• Sixth Regional Caribbean Seminar Curacao,
  November 2006
• Representatives from 19 countries, in addition to
  IDB, ECLAC, the WB, OECD, PAHO.
• 11th Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) San
  Salvador, www.rcmvs.org
• MoU between Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala,
  Honduras, and Nicaragua for the Dignified,
  Orderly, Prompt and Safe Repatriation by Land of
  Central American Nationals
• Plan of Action Mandate 20

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International Organization for Migration
Jobs to Fight Poverty (Declaration Mandates 34
HIV AIDS)

• Caribbean - Regional Initiative on HIV and AIDS,
  migrants, and mobile populations
• Awareness raising and Information gathering
  PSAs, and Research
• Advocacy and policy Ministers of Health PAHO
• Colombia Global Fund on HIV 48 municipalities
• Building an intersectorial response on sexual
  and reproductive health, with an emphasis on
  prevention of STDs/HIV/AIDS, with adolescents
  living in receiving communities of displace
  population
• 600.000 youth and adolescents

JSWG Implementation of the Mandates of the IV
Summit of the Americas