 Good afternoon. We now resume agenda item 11, the high-level segment, and it is my pleasure to give the floor to His Excellency, Mr. George Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, Minister of Communities of Capo Verde. Capo Verde, you have the floor. Thank you, Mr. President, Madam and Minister, Madam General Director of the IEM, Honorable Chief of Delegation, Madam and Minister. I would first like to congratulate Madam Vop for her election as the first woman in the history of the International Organization for Immigration at the IEM to take over the important post of Director General. We wish her a lot of success in her noble role in the head of this important organization, counting on Capo Verde to take over these challenges, Madam Amy Poppe. I would also like to congratulate Madam the Ambassador of Germany for her election as the President of this Council. Mr. President, it is an honor for me to be here to discuss a topic of a growing importance in our contemporary world, complex interactions between migration and climate change. At the time of the last decade, these phenomena of climate change have been at the forefront of today's events and have led to unprecedented consequences on the lives of millions of people, of the people who are forced to abandon their land, families and communities in search of better living conditions. Capo Verde is an insular state on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a country of medium income. It is a country characterized as a country of immigration. Its physical territory extends over 4,033 km² with an exclusively maritime economic zone of almost 800,000 km². This means that our country is 96% of the sea. It has a population of 2 million inhabitants, with 25% living on the islands and 75% in the diaspora, with 25 countries of Africa, America, mainly in the United States, Europe, Asia and even the Oceania. The direct economic contributions of the Capo Verde diaspora are important and significant for the country and represent 34% of the international product, surpassing the public's support for development and the total of foreign direct investments. It is a matter of private sector. The Capo Verde diaspora is the private sector. Capo Verde is a Sahelian country with spontaneous immigration forced by climate phenomena characterized by severe droughts and recurrents that are at the origin of different phases of migration flows to foreign countries. The end of the 19th century is the reference point of the Capo Verde migration flows to the United States where the Capo Verdeans are devoted to the fishing of whales without neglecting other currents that have reached the destinations of African countries and South America. Despite the insufficient rain, the imbalance of agricultural production and the lack of natural resources, the economic and social situation of the country is progressively improving thanks to measures of public policies, by focusing on the public policies to protect the environment and the reforms of its migration policies. Migration is included in the strategic development plan of the Capo Verde with measures aimed at promoting a regular and circular migration. The Capo Verde has paid special attention to the residents of the country. We are also a country of immigration. By focusing on measures of inclusion, integration and struggle against social inequalities. Mr. President, Madam Director-General, the mass migration we are witnessing for climate reasons is not only subject to humanitarian risks but also other risks that threaten the physical security of migrants. We are specifically referring to the risks associated with the traffic of people and to all crime that is linked. It is essential to find internal, regional, multilateral solutions to contain these phenomena. Also, preventive measures of reinforcement, of resilience are imposed, by limiting the risk of mass migration. Capo Verde wants to actively participate in this dialogue, a view of finding solutions to bring back its long experience as a country of immigration but also to listen to others who can contribute to strengthen the efficiency of the policies developed by the country. We also defend that regular and circular migration are indeed beneficial to the environment, the community, the localities and the beneficial countries. Capo Verde is your example. This is why the Government of Capo Verde considers diaspora as a strategic and endogenous resource for the economic, social and cultural development of our country. The integration and commitment of migrants in the countries of which are therefore of a capital importance. To conclude, I would like to reaffirm that Capo Verde has adopted public policies aimed at promoting human capital and economic and financial evictions of diaspora and the commitment of all the developers of the country. I would like to thank you for your attention. Thank you all. Thank you. Now I give the floor to our Excellency, Mrs. Caroline Guinness, Minister of Development, Corporation of major cities of Belgium. Belgium, you have the floor. Dear Chair, Director of General Excellencies, around the world, the consequences of climate crisis are already having major impacts. Those who are most vulnerable have to carry the heaviest burden. For this reason, as a Minister of International Solidarity, supporting our partners to prepare for and adapt to climate change is one of my absolute top priorities. As we all know, climate change has an impact on people's movements and migration. The environment and climate in which people live has always played a role in people's decisions to migrate. However, as the IPCC recognized, climate change now has an aggravating impact and multiplier effect on migration in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. More political efforts are needed to lead us to more innovative solutions. First of all, more action is needed to address the climate crisis itself. The Belgian Development Corporation is currently working on a new strategy for its climate action. It will take a cross-cutting approach that calls on all Belgian actors to play a part in our response to the challenges caused by climate change in the broader context of the triple planetary crisis climate biodiversity pollution. Our vision is to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity to work towards a safe and healthy planet for all. Belgium wants to contribute to the sustainable improvement of the well-being of vulnerable populations, particularly in the least developed countries with a focus on Africa. Belgium will help boost resources for adaptation measures responding to the needs and requests of its partner countries. Secondly, to help address the climate crisis, a policy coherence for sustainable development is key. We will make sure that the climate strategy is complementary to our strategy on migration and development. By mainstreaming migration and integrating it into the policies, strategies and programs of the Belgian Development Corporation, significant results can be achieved. We aim to promote the potential of migration for sustainable development at the same time to contribute to climate change adaptive solutions. Thirdly, we need action on the ground. Various projects implemented by our development agency, NABEL, contribute to making people and communities in our partner countries more resilient against the adverse consequences of climate change. Professional mobility is used to develop and exchange climate innovative solutions and skills to address climate induced migration. Other programs dealing with fragility or agriculture like in Burkina Faso and Niger address climate induced migration and the impact of displacement on the environment. Lastly, it is necessary to intensify discussions on how we can better manage migration so it doesn't further increase the vulnerabilities of both the people migrating and of host communities. Discussions on regular pathways are needed to respond to sudden changes in the environment. So all in all, much to talk about. I would like to thank IOM for organizing this timely discussion and wish you a fruitful debate. I thank you. Thank you. Before we move on, I'd like to remind the delegates to limit their statement to five minutes. Okay, I'll give the floor to the honorable Dr. Vindia Persaud, Minister of Human Services and Social Security of Guyana. Guyana, you have the floor. Esteemed colleagues, Director-General, Chair, thank you. It is timely that the global call for solutions to the climate impact on human mobility is the focus of this year's high-level event. It is also noteworthy that the Director-General's report highlighted that migration due to weather-related disaster now exceeds that caused by conflict and violence. Developing countries, small island developing states and low-lying coastal states like Guyana have viewed climate change as an existential threat to our survival for years. It is envisaged that climate change-induced migration will have implications on international peace and security. Hence, Guyana having a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the period 2024 to 2025 will advance the issues of climate change, food and security, and conflict within the Security Council from a small island developing state perspective. A tangible solution would be to implement and support the Sustainable Development Goals but developing countries need access to concessionary financing and official development assistance to aid in climate change mitigation efforts even as they endeavour to get their economies back on track after the disastrous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience against future impacts. There is need for political consensus towards bold action backed by direct climate finance not repurposed funds to impact adaptation mitigation efforts against the climate crisis and its role in causing involuntary migration. Guyana has consistently made the call for support to those small developing countries that are disproportionately affected by the vagaries of climate change. In this regard, the IOM can be instrumental in developing the appropriate response in collaboration with states. The government of Guyana's committal to a green economy and policies which support this vision include the 2030 low carbon development strategy the second national communication to United Nations framework convention on climate change, the national integrated disaster risk management plan and the national adaptation strategy to address climate change in the agricultural sector and the sea and river defence policy. Guyana has pioneered an overarching framework for planning and implementing climate resilience actions in several areas including human mobility through its LCDS 2030 which prioritizes the implementation of Guyana climate resilience strategy and action plan and made interventions to the drainage, irrigation and sea defence systems to reduce the risk of flooding. Guyana has accessed external finance to support the implementation of these actions from several sources including through the memorandum of understanding with the government of Norway the European Union and multilateral arrangements to reach the sale of forest carbon credits earning Guyana 150 million US dollars in 2023 a significant percentage of these resources have gone towards strengthening Guyana's climate adaptation system Guyana's flagship LCDS 2030 will not reverse the climate damage already done to the environment by major polluters to reduce involuntary migration caused by the climate crisis now but this model which will be shared with the world at the upcoming 28th United Nations climate change conference where the stakes could not be higher provides the robust bridge needed to ensure that the planet our only home wins in the face of rising sea levels devastating natural disasters and dwindling resources extreme weather conditions food and water insecurities changes in disease transmissions and vector ecology we must recognize that the consequences of climate change are not confined to a single region nor a specific group of people they reverberate across continents displacing communities uprooting lives leaving countless individuals in search of safety and stability in conclusion it is hoped that this high-level segment ensures that climate crisis stays in focus as it is now the leading cause of involuntary migration this global phenomenon knows no borders respects no boundaries and affects all of us it is a crisis that requires unified response that transcends individual nations we cannot ignore the moral imperative that lies before us it is time to forge a global solution that addresses the root causes of climate-induced migration I thank you thank you now I give the floor to Her Excellency Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Corporation of Kingdom of Netherlands Netherlands we have the floor Your Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen let me begin by congratulating the new Director-General Amy Pope Amy, your IOM's first female DG and it was about time I commend you for setting clear priorities particularly on accountability and transparency and I encourage you to use the MOPEN recommendations to the fullest for achieving these congratulations are also in order for the impact achievement through the Compass Initiative the IOM, the Netherlands and 14 partner countries have made significant contributions here to protect migrants to counter human trafficking and migrant smuggling and to facilitate voluntary return and reintegration there are three points I'd like to make today first the Netherlands remains committed for a second of Compass with a greater focus on structural solutions to improve the protection of people on the move a contribution of 100 million euros for the next four years reflects our strong dedication to the program's continued success and to IOM as an institution second I want to applaud IOM's work on climate mobility Amy as you said at the International Dialogue on Migration we need solutions for people to move for people on the move and for people to stay the Netherlands welcomes IOM's strategic leadership on this issue and over the coming years climate finance and adaptation must be scaled up we need to strengthen people's resilience to climate crises through prevention and preparedness third IOM's ambition to develop innovative migration solutions in close collaboration with UNHCR we believe that to reduce irregular migration and make safe, orderly and regular migration possible new forms of collaboration are needed so to conclude the Netherlands encourages IOM to continue its current efforts and we look forward to continue our cooperation thank you thank you I give the floor to Mr. Tobias Lindner a Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany Germany of the floor Chair, Director General Ministers, Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen the climate crisis is the global challenge of our time we see a global increase in hazards and disasters related to climate change leading to new displacements of millions of people every year today more than 3 billion people live in regions that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change the destruction of the environment and of natural resources endangers human and international security it exacerbates conflicts over ever scarcer resources such as water and food forcing people to flee their homes women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change which amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses unique threats to their livelihoods, health and safety last year more than half of the international displacements were triggered by disasters such as floods, storms or trots disaster displacement in 2022 were 41 percent higher than the annual average of the decade before more than 30 million people not only lost their homes due to weather related events they lost much more economic security community and maybe whole cultures not to speak about the physical and mental health impacts of such a traumatic event this is why we need the international organization of migration more than ever to help families who get displaced because they lost their homes in context of disasters and climate change to act as far as possible in a preventive manner IOM is gathering and analyzing data that is needed to anticipate needs in order to act early on with targeted interventions to help people adapt mitigate the effects of crisis and prevent displacement we very much appreciate that Director General Pope is making climate and migration one of her priorities to support this approach we have committed to strengthening anticipatory action for example in the context of climate induced disasters and conflicts we have committed ourselves to use at least 5 percent of our overall humanitarian budget for anticipatory action and we encourage partners to do the same this is why we are collated Germany and IOM jointly set up the global emergency response program which allows for flexible funding to be used in anticipatory manner in this context we stress the importance of flexible funding for crisis response for IOM's ability to react quickly we also support the platform on disaster displacement to advance the protection agenda of people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change and we will also be advocating for climate policy and action to be inclusive of refugees and other forcibly displaced people and their host communities following the global refugee forum in December 2023 at the same time we have to increase our mitigation effort to lower the risks of climate change reducing emissions is an important tool to prevent conflicts and to prevent displacement going forward we also need a better understanding of the dynamics of displacement and migration movements especially in the context of climate change in that respect the systematic collection analysis and use of relevant data is key the establishment of IOM's global data institute here in Berlin is very timely in that regard and we are glad to support the GDI substantially thank you for your attention thank you now I give the floor to his Excellency Taulant Bala Minister of Interior of Albania Albania you have the floor Ladies and gentlemen esteemed members of the IOM Council I am honored to stand before you today with a profound gratitude for the opportunity to address this esteemed Council on the critical matter of the intersection of climate change and human mobility this is an issue of paramount significance that necessitates our collective attention compassion and decisive action I commend the International Organization for Migration for its firm commitment to addressing the challenges posed by climate induced migration I wish to emphasize the fruitful partnership between the Albanian Government and IOM Albania in technically migration challenges our joint initiatives spanning from direct support for migrants to the formulation and implementation of migration strategies diaspora, engagement, capacity building programs for our administration and awareness campaigns have yielded many positive outcomes these efforts highlight the power of cooperation in finding sustainable solutions crucial in navigating the complexities of migration challenges especially those exacerbated by the changing climate the interconnection between climate change and human mobility is undisputable impacting us all and affecting vulnerable populations in Albania where environmental shifts have broad consequences this connection is particularly poignant despite having among the lowest greenhouse gas emissions in the region Albania is identified by the World Bank as the Europe's most vulnerable country from climate change effects recent years have witnesses increasing temperatures disproportional and have rainfall and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts in the country projected sea level rise causes threats of higher flood and coastal erosion affecting urban areas along the coast arable land and coastal habitats key vulnerable sectors include agriculture, energy health and tourism that count for more than 70% of the national GDP influencing thus the overall economic development of the country Albania's national strategy on migration stands as a testament to our commitment to integrating climate change considerations into our policies provisions have been made to address the climate induced aspects of human mobility acknowledging the significant role climate change plays as a push factor for migration furthermore Albania serves as a transit country for thousands of migrants each year with climate changes impacting the migration decisions of many these considerations built on our national strategy for development and integration recognizing the profound impacts of climate change on various sectors of the economy the alignment of development goals with climate resilience underscores the importance of sustainable practices in mitigating the challenges related to climate induced migration the Albanian government has established a robust legal framework in response to climate change adopting key documents such as the law on climate change the strategy for climate change with a specific chapter on adaptation the revised determined national contribution and the national energy and climate plan 2020-2030 this reflects our international commitments to emissions reduction targets and measures to protect the country from the effects of climate change particularly focusing on the coastal areas until 2030 our goal is to mobilize financial and other resources necessary to protect the country from the effects of climate change transitioning to a climate resilience development path with net zero emissions through this integrated approach we strive to create a future where development and climate considerations create synergies for the benefit of all nevertheless challenges persist and international cooperation is more crucial than ever it is imperative that we acknowledge these challenges and seek cooperation with all nations by sharing best practices enhancing capacity and building resilience we can collectively address the complex dynamics of climate related mobility in the spirit of collaboration I call upon the international community to recognize the urgency of a coordinated global response climate induced migration exceeds borders and our solutions must affect this reality Albania stands ready to work hand in hand with our regional partners in the western Balkans as well as with the global community increased support both in terms of financial assistance and knowledge sharing is essential for implementing effective solutions in conclusion I want to reaffirm Albania's unwavering commitment to addressing the challenges posed by climate change on human mobility the path ahead may be challenging but through continued collaboration information sharing and the development of innovative solutions we can protect vulnerable populations affected by climate induced migration on this journey we are together for the sake of a sustainable and resilient future for all thank you thank you now I give the floor His Excellency Mr. Dibras Tali CEO of Labour Market Regulatory Authority of Bahrain Bahrain we have the floor Chairperson of the council Director General and Deputy Director General Excellencies Distinguished delegates Mr. Chairperson please allow me first to express my warmest congratulations to Director General Pope on a recent election the Kingdom of Bahrain looks forward to working closely with Director General Pope over the course of our tenure now against the backdrop of the impact that climate change is having on human mobility well managed migration has emerged as a crucial enabler for achieving sustainable we are seeing that new climate realities are forcing people to move to find safe and dignified livelihoods in many parts of the world at the same time labour landscapes across the globe are shifting to respond to the new possibilities arising around innovative green solutions and the Kingdom of Bahrain is no exception as a significant labour destination country the Kingdom of Bahrain has for years welcomed expats workers to its shores we are proud of the diversity in our labour market and country and we are proud of our contributions to the sustainable development of dozens of countries of origin around the world Bahrain has long been a pioneer with respect to the protection and empowerment of expat workers in addition to expansive labour reform including on labour market mobility we have taken steps to promote ethical recruitment to not only reduce the vulnerabilities of workers but also to support employers in being able to recruit informed and prepared workers to the workplaces now recognizing the challenges faced by workers in irregular situations we have also pioneered creative solutions to provide access to regularization and the labour market including through promoting flexible work arrangements that reflect the changing nature of work with this we look forward to continuing to consider approaches to labour migration governance prioritization, innovation agility and partnerships in this effort the government of Bahrain is taking a whole of society approach working closely with the private sector to create an environment where talent is nurtured and skills are honed we recognize the sustainable solutions cannot be achieved unilaterally by actively engaging with the private sector we are fostering a collaborative ecosystem that harnesses the strengths of both the public and private entities to achieve the sustainable development goals and the objectives of the global compact for safe orderly and regular migration Mr. Chairperson as elsewhere the labour market in the Kingdom of Bahrain is evolving we are seeing and also fully anticipating a growing demand for workers of all skills across both traditional and emerging sectors we are in other words building the workforce of the future the workforce that we must equip with the knowledge and expertise to pioneer innovative solutions also on the face of climate change now to meet this challenge we plan to work closely with partners both at home as well as beyond our borders we believe that well managed migration can provide win-win solutions for all workers, employers as well as government of both countries of origin and countries of destination and in conclusion I would like to take this opportunity once again to thank IOM for its critical role in strengthening international cooperation on migration we look forward to continuing the close relationship with the IOM and further innovative whole of society solutions to meeting the labour needs of the future thank you thank you now I give the floor to her Excellency Yohan Sun European Commissioner for Home Affairs European Union you have the floor good morning let me tell you about Huwa there she lived with her people the rain started falling less and less the land became drier and drier and the people had to take their cattle further and further away to drink until they came to an area with streams streams used by another people for fishing it started with name calling soon there were physical violence it ended with murder houses and people burned women and children killed Huwa fled the violence along with 30,000 others climate change brings storms floods disasters disasters bring poverty, misery, hunger hunger brings conflict, violence war so it's time to start talking about climate change and migration drought in the Horn of Africa caused displacement of nearly 3 million people floods in Pakistan forced 10 million people on the move wildfires displaced 150,000 people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain last year 2 million people became internally displaced because of floods, storms droughts and wildfires climate change will make things worse today around 3.5 billion people live in areas at high risk of climate change Asia and Africa are especially exposed rising sea levels between 10 and 100 million people at risk of displacement and the world's most fragile areas are most at risk the world bank predicts climate change could displace more than 200 million people by 2050 we must address the causes of climate change and effects of climate change the causes with the green deal the EU's ambitious climate package and we must empower people to help them adapt to the changing climate the European Union supports the most affected regions with targeted relief and by fostering strategies to help people adapt we were one of the first to set up big programs on climate change and displacement for example in Somalia and we are the world's owner of climate finance 30% of our development and cooperation funds support climate goals one third of global public climate finance comes from the European Union and its member states and we need to counter irregular migration and promote instead regular migration today we present proposals for new EU rules to step up the fight against smugglers I am not with you in person because as we speak I am hosting a conference to strengthen global efforts against smugglers and I am working to improve legal pathways for migration all of our societies need green skills to cope with climate change skills to design, build and repair solar panels and wind turbines in my home country Sweden there are severe shortages of skilled people to produce the batteries needed in electric cars upskilling and re-skilling is necessary but will not be enough we also need migration as part of our overall strategic migration management we are building talent partnerships with key countries and two weeks ago I launched a talent pool so people can come to Europe to learn new skills new companies can find skilled staff from abroad to the IOM I say thank you for putting climate change on the global migration agenda it's also high on the EU agenda this year we organized a major conference on climate and migration and shared the platform on disaster displacement we can only manage migration together we can only tackle climate change together we need to put climate change at the heart of our cooperation on migration thank you thank you now I give the floor to Mr. Augusto de Aruda de Soran secretary of justice of Brazil Brazil you have the floor Mr. Chair Mrs. Director General ladies and gentlemen it is an honor to be here today and to address this council on behalf of the Brazilian government let me start by congratulating the new director general Amy Pope for her election at a critical moment for human displacement my government has confidence in her leadership and it's ready to contribute to the success of our mandate I would like to express my appreciation for IOMs work in Brazil your office in Brasilia has become an essential partner of the government and specially of the ministry of justice and public security in the implementation of several programs and initiatives in favor of migrants especially within the framework of operation welcome Mr. Chair Brazil firmly believes migration can generate economic social and cultural benefits for most societies we are proud to be a country built by migrants men and women from all continents brought to Brazil their culture values, expertise and knowledge enriching our culture and bringing dynamics to many sectors we are convinced that migration is not a threat but rather an opportunity while we recognize the legitimate concerns of hosting countries no challenge can justify managing migration outside the framework of international human rights law Brazil is particularly concerned with increasing trend to criminalize migrants as well as reports of abuse in detention procedures and expulsions we reiterate once more our commitment to the promotion of the human rights of all migrants regardless of regulatory status and we put our words in action Brazil's migration law adopted in 2017 is based on the principle of equal treatment and opportunity without any kind of discrimination in this vein I would like to highlight Brazil's return to the global compact for safe orderly and regular migration a commitment President Lula made during the transition phase of his administration I would also like to mention the progress already made in this first year such as the regulation for granting temporary visas and residence permit for citizens of the member of the community of Portuguese speaking languages also important to mention Brazil's participation in the Quito process as national secretary of justice I am responsible for Brazil's migration policy and in the first days of my administration I was given a task to build the national policy on migration refugees and stateless in an unprecedented move for months we brought together 13 government ministries more than 200 civil society organizations international bodies dealing with this issue and leading academics experts to build this policy more than 1400 written contributions were submitted we now have been analyzed and compiled in the first text of the new national policy that will soon be presented to everyone Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen the theme of this section the climate impact on human mobility is of greatest importance deeply committed to the fight against climate change Brazil has offered to host COP 30 in the Amazonian city of Belém in 2025 Brazil shares IOM concern with the climate impact on human mobility in response our migration law has provided a legal basis granting humanitarian visas to individuals affected by natural disasters this policy has benefited nations such as Haiti since 2012 with more than 900,000 visas granted to this day however we consider that projections on the so-called climate mobility must take into the accounts that climate interact with social political and economic drivers when it comes to migration the IPCC considers climate-related migration spot and difficult to project how and when climate change leads to increased migration remains poorly understood push factors driving migration may include a combination of trends and events including poverty and unemployment limited life-hood opportunities and decent work deficits relative deprivation, persecution and discrimination violent conflicts, natural disasters and famine some of these factors can be exacerbated by climate change but different communities facing similar environment pressures on livelihoods that not necessarily adopt the same migration patterns climate change should not however take precedence over known more relevant and immediate causes of migration such as inequality between and between countries, social economic exclusion poverty, political instabilities and armed conflicts if on the one hand it is recognized that the effects of climate changes are very serious and deserve the attention of the international community on the other hand there is concern about the possible hauling out of the migration agenda and the consequent redirection of scarce international resources to programs and projects with limited practical impact on the national migration responses Mr. Chair I finalized by saying about the continued deaths and recruitment of migrants by coyotes who risk their lives in dangerous crossing such as the Dari'en Strait we believe that the global response must be coordinated with international support for national responses to the reception and integration of migrants in developing countries we must all put our efforts to an improved dialogue on the need to provide adequate protection for the human rights of all migrants regardless of the migratory status with an end a definitive end to the criminalization of migration thank you thank you now I give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Mubini Deputy Minister of Interior of the National Organization of Migration of the Islamic Republic of Iran Iran you have the floor Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Mr. Chair Mr. Excellency Mr. Excellency at the beginning of the international recruitment process for the development of the international infrastructure in the context of the impact of the climate change in the region of the past was one of the basic laws in the world at the end of the year the international recruitment of migrants for the basis of the report of the national recruitment of migrants in the 50 days of the war and the recruitment of more than 1.8 million migrants among the men for the public and the food of the people of the world the western part of the world is the area that is under the influence of the climate change and natural disasters in the region of the past the impact of natural disasters is forced to be released or to be released the Islamic Republic of Iran is not from the countries that have a lot of impact on the climate change and natural disasters from the region of the past the impact of the climate is forced to be released or to be released or to be released or to be released or to be released or to be released or to be released to the world Erka Iran and Afghanistan. However, in the heart of the West and North of the West of Iran, the creation of new markets for the land, the creation of a bridge and a bridge to the source of the water of the land, in the north of the West of Iran, the collapse of the caliphate in Iraq and the rise of the revolution without a doubt from the north and south of the West of Iran. This is another act for the establishment of an international community. Mr. President, the Islamic Republic of Iran has determined with the countries that it is not with the influence of the international and natural resources that the National Assembly of the United Nations is the country of Afghanistan. The influence of the international international in this country, with a number of pleasant and safe countries to take advantage of the environment and the economy of Afghanistan. Other aspects, with the influence of the environment in the region of Harat, Afghanistan, in October of the last year, the citizens of this country have taken advantage of the economic and economic environment. In the course of these cultural and natural developments, thousands of people from the Afghan citizens in the best way of life have moved a lot of resources and have overcome the problems of migration in Iran. In the course of the effects of climate change and natural disasters, the people of Iran, with human-made disasters, are one of the forms of humiliation. Because of this natural environment that the country is in the presence of new migration especially economic migrants, the risk of economic and social development in different regions of the country is the number of food supplies, water, energy supplies, storage, transportation, transportation, and transportation to the extent of the number of foreign migrants. In this case, the financial and economic benefits of the international community from the countries in the present are the same. In the current situation, with the absence of migration, and the other, the effect of climate change and natural disasters to the areas of the natural resources and the impact of the global community, as well as the impact of climate change from the areas of the impact of climate change to the countries of the present, the countries of the present, which themselves are not affected by the impact of climate change, it was not necessary. Should the laws and regulations of the two countries be logical or international to reduce the impact of climate change to the countries with less impact from the impact of climate change and natural disasters to the areas of the present. It is also necessary to make international efforts to reduce the impact of climate change to the countries of the present, to the extent of the impact of climate change on the areas of the present, in the face of the pandemic, in the face of the pandemic, and in the face of the pandemic. Thank you. Now I give a floor to Mr. Gonzalez Fierro, Vice Minister of the Human Mobility of Ecuador. Ecuador, you have the floor. Ladies and gentlemen, climate change is a reality that is having a devastating impact on our planet. The extreme meteorological phenomena, the increase in the sea level and the loss of biodiversity are only some of the effects that we are already experiencing. This climate change is causing millions of people to be forced to leave their homes in search of a safe place to live. According to the World Bank, for 2050, in Latin America and the Caribbean, 26 million people will be displaced by environmental phenomena will be able to exist. According to the data from the National System of Risk Management of Ecuador, in 2010-2020, around 70,000 people in human mobility were affected by floods and floods. To address the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change in the context of human mobility means facilitating the movement of exposed people to environmental and climate threats, preventing forced displacement and reducing the vulnerability of the population in this type of migration in order to guarantee the right to a dignified life and the well-being of those people in a state of vulnerability. For this reason, Ecuador has included in its national agenda for the equality of human mobility, 2021-2025, the importance of the relationship between human mobility and the environment as a central axis for ecological transition, based on the need to increase the adaptive capacity of the means of life before the occurrence of extreme climate events and slow appearance. In addition, Ecuador is committed to addressing this problem. We have ratified the Paris Agreement and we are implementing policies to reduce our gas emissions from greenhouse gases. We work to improve the protection of migrants, especially women and children. One of the most important measures taken by Ecuador has been the so-called conservation debt. This initiative is one of the most innovative financial and debt conversion operations in the history of our country, which consisted in the purchase of external debt bonus to free resources aimed at conservation of the environment, in this case, the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Another point to highlight is the work of Ecuador in the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change, PLANAC, which is a fundamental tool for integration of adaptation to climate change in the planning of the development of Ecuador. This plan recognizes that the impacts of climate change include effects on human mobility, a phenomenon that has significant implications for the safety and well-being of people. Climate change is affecting human mobility in Ecuador through meteorological and drought events, which has caused human losses, displacements, internal and trans-frontal immigration, especially with the presence of devastating effects of the child's phenomenon, whose destructive force is increasing day by day. This adverse climate event will increase in the near future and affect the means of life of the population. It is important for Ecuador to generate information, develop capabilities and guarantee financing to address these challenges and reduce the vulnerability of the population that migrates or has to move for climate reasons. It is important that the efforts of adaptation and mitigation of climate change are considered in the protection and support of communities that are forced to move due to climate impacts. This includes the development of policies and programs that guarantee security, inclusion and development of displaced people. The analysis of migratory problems linked to climate change has to be understood as a responsibility of the state and its governments. The formulation and application of public policies must be marked in a post-COVID-19 context. Without a doubt, the pandemic has increased the internal problems of each state and has increased the economic inequalities among the countries. This problem also looks reflected in the reduction of national capacities to face the climate problem and migratory crises. Let's promote the principle of international co-responsibility. We thank and value the efforts of the international community, donor countries, financial institutions and other organizations. However, we believe that we still have a lot to do with the benefit of the migrants and the communities of the community. Human mobility is complex and requires a dynamic response to the new challenges of migratory phenomena that link to climate change. It is necessary to strengthen the overall strategies between the countries of receptors, of transit and the origin of migrants as part of the principle of co-responsibility. We must achieve agreements that prioritize migration in the agenda of international organizations and, particularly, of the cooperatives. The effects of climate change and environmental media are not uniform. They are disproportionately affected by the most vulnerable countries and communities. The World Bank calculates that, for 2050, if measures are not adopted on climate and development, more than 143 million people could be evoked by the internal displacement due to the effects of climate change in South Saharan Africa, South America, and Latin America. We insist that more research is necessary to clearly understand the different repercussions and their incidence in the configuration of the movements of the populations, as well as to fundamentally the policies and measures in order to meet the needs and complex challenges that face the most vulnerable communities to climate effects. The leadership of Ecuador in the defense of biodiversity, human mobility, climate change, and the need to achieve a real ecological transition has been recognized by several countries around the world. Ecuador has a robust normative framework and an institution that allows to address these problems. It is important that we all compromise to take measures to address this issue. Together we can build a more sustainable future and just for all and all. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now I give the floor to Mr. Angelo Angusia, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa. South Africa, you have the floor. Thank you, Chairperson. South Africa welcomes the focus of the high level segment on climate impact on mobility, a call for solutions, and wishes to applaud the Director General for creating this platform. Climate change and mobility is a phenomenon that cannot be ignored nor avoided as it knows no butters. This year alone, the world experienced extreme weather patterns such as cyclones, floods, drafts, wildfires and earthquakes that destroyed infrastructure and agricultural production, which is an indication that no one is immune to the devastation of natural disasters that are disruptive to the livelihoods of persons. Certainly, Africa is also at the receiving end of these disruptions. South Africa and the southern African regions are not spared the disruptive effects of climate change. For South Africa, this contributes to internal displacement, food insecurity and loss of life caused by severe weather patterns resulting in droughts and floods on the back end of El Nino and El Nina. In 2023 alone, South Africa has seen a decrease in crop yields, loss of livestock and soaring food prices as well as vector and web water point diseases growing in frequency and in intensity. To a person as a signatory to the global compact unsafe, utterly and regular migration, South Africa believes that the compact provides a base and articulates how member states should address cross border mobility as a result of the adverse impact of climate change. Consequently, my country is of the view that the discussion on migration should support the existing dialogue on climate change and align itself with the United Nations framework for climate change. The Paris Agreement and its subsequent conferences. Yesterday, the director general spoke on the importance of data collection and analysis to enhance the forecasting for appropriate early warning responses to reduce risks that may contribute to the loss of life. We could not agree more. Countries that are the most vulnerable to the environmental shocks are the least prepared. Earlier this month, South Africa hosted a group of health observations meetings which gathered weather expects in government and other relevant stakeholders to discuss and build their capacity on how data can be used in addressing environmental challenges such as early warning systems. If nothing concrete and comprehensive is done, we will keep on taking from Mother Earth until she says, I have nothing to give. It is that day we must avoid as this will exacerbate the worsening climate situation resulting in further fails and the displacement of people. My country is adding its many effort towards tackling this gigantic task facing human cuts. Our efforts include supporting the United Nations disaster risk reduction and the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction process. That in return, support member states to develop national plans and emphasize the importance of investment in the prevention and reduction of disasters. My government allocated 372 million rents which was added towards the municipal disaster response grant and an additional 1.2 billion rents towards the municipal disaster recovery grant. This was meant to cover the repairs and rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by floods in February and March in 2023. Further in line with the Sendai framework on disaster risk reduction, South Africa is in the process of finalizing the draft guidelines on humanitarian standards in humanitarian response which is a collaboration between the National Disaster Management Committee and the Provincial Disaster Management Committee and other relevant national stakeholders to prepare for annual seasonal contingency plan. My country has to date drafted the climate bill which is currently in parliament for consideration. We are also undertaking comprehensive research to understand the linkages between migration and desertification, land degradation, drought, climate change and other environmental factors. Notwithstanding, in the event of potential climate change in juice mobility, South Africa has set bilateral mechanism with our neighboring countries. Therefore, Cheperson, we acknowledge that the nexus between migration, climate change and the environment is complex in nature. The international community requires comprehensive approaches and intensive research to inform future global policy direction to build sustainable adaptation and resilient strategies. In conclusion, my delegation re-italates that we must enhance the capacity of state institutions as primary actors in the preparedness and response efforts given that humanitarian needs are expected to increase due to climate change challenges as noted in Africa and other countries in the rest of the world. We need to increase investment in multi-hazard, early warning and early response systems and prevention strategies focusing on disaster reduction. I thank you, Chair. Thank you. Now I give the floor to Mr. Kewal, our Prasad Bandari, Secretary of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, and Nepal. Nepal, you have the floor. Respected Chair, Director-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, first of all, I congratulate Director-General for this position and best wishes to lead the organization in a new dimension. I am representing the Himalayan country, Nepal, its diverse land escape from the southern plain to the top of the world in the North. Climate change is not a distant threat but a current reality. Nepal's average temperature is increasing at the rate of 0.04 degrees Celsius per year with a significantly higher in the mountain. Climate variabilities are a significant driver of food insecurity, displacement and migration. Nepal's first recognized case of climate refugees in 2009 in Deh Village in Upper Mustang of the Himalayan region witnessed large-scale migration due to the acute shortage of water. Last census shows that over 5 million people internally migrated in a decade. Nepal is facing devastating loss of lives and livelihood due to the climate change. Experiencing too much and too little water, increased flooding, heat stress and drought in the South, hills and mountains, regions, experience increased landslide, water stress, glacial retreat and outburst floods. These climate-induced losses and damage continually impaired growth and prosperity of nation. During his recent visit to Nepal, even Secretary-General highlighted the increasing force and ferocity of monsoons, storm and landslide that are sweeping away crops, livestock and entire villages, decimating economies and ruining lives. He stressed the urgency of global climate action. Nepal has pledged to protect vulnerable people from climate change and set targets to prepare and implement climate resilient and gender-responsive adaptation plans by 2030. Nepal also adopted green, resilient and inclusive development grid approach for green growth and build resilience to climate and other shocks. Excellencies, Nepal needs to benefit from loss and damage fund. We look forward its operationalization, access to predictable climate financing to build resilience and enhance our adaptive capacity. We must ensure that our local governments, climate resilience development efforts equipped with resources, capacity and knowledge to take the lead on climate change and human mobility. Last fiscal year, 0.77 million Nepalis sought employment globally and remittances for equivalent to a quarter of GDP. With a substantial population overseas, the impact of climate change in our migrant workforce is paramount. Across the world, temperatures have risen significantly and so to unprecedented. Nepali migrant workers are among the scores of outdoor workers in construction and agriculture are disproportionately exposed to extreme heat which is an occupational safety and health hazard. In this context, robust occupational heat protections are critical to ensure safety. Ensuring migrant workers have equal access to social protection and health care is crucial. Long-standing issues that migrant workers face such as recruitment fees, remittances fees and wage abuses require effort to resolve which ensure migrant workers maximize the benefit. As climate impact influences all aspects of human mobility including migrants decision to move, stay or return, we reform commitment to ensuring safe, orderly and managed migration. Excellencies, the green transition presents opportunities and challenges across the world as government prepare and manage workforces for low-carbon economy. There is a pressing need for more bilateral cooperation in research, training and managed labor migration between country of origin and destination. This includes engaging with development partners, private sector and civil society to create win-win outcomes to meet their climate change and SDG with the migrants well-being at the center. Nepal has always prioritized bilateral labor agreement as a part of labor migration policy and implementing innovative skill development and labor partnership that will also promote climate action. We urge the IOM to facilitate such cooperation. At the time for action is now need to work together not just as a nation but as a global community to address the impacts of climate change and human mobility. I thank you all. Thank you. Now I give the floor. Mr. Isabel Castro Hernandez, Secretary of State of... For migration. Spain, we have the floor. Gracias, President. Director General, Excellencies, Queridos Collegas y Autoridades. Quiero en pasar como país miembro de la Unión Europea recordándome conclusión de ayer. Para España, la solidaridad, el respeto a los derechos humanos y la acción multilateral son vías claves para afrontar los retos y las oportunidades del fenómeno migratorio. Agradecemos la elección de la temática de este foro que encaja en una de las cuatro prioridades de la Presidencia Española del Consejo de la Unión Europea, avanzar en la transición ecológica y la adaptación medioambiental. Somos conscientes de que junto a las causas tradicionales de la migración, hay que sumar el efecto que produce el cambio climático. Fenómenos climáticos extremos, incluidas inundaciones, hordas de calor, sequías e inciendos forestales, así como los desafíos climáticos de evolución más lenta, como el aumento del nivel del mar y la intensificación del estrés hídrico, fuerzan a miles de personas abandonar sus hogares. Sin embargo, al igual que con las otras causas que provoca la movilidad, nuestro enfoque hacia la migración tiene en cuenta sus dimensiones humana, económica y social. Desde hace 20 años, para España, uno de los ejes vertebradores de nuestra política migratoria ha sido fortalecer la cooperación con los países de origen y de tránsito en la gestión responsable de una migración segura, regular y ordenada. En los proyectos iniciativas que desarrollamos conjuntamente en este marco, junto con el enfoque de género, el enfoque climático es cada vez más un elemento de base considerando en todas las fases de implementación, consiguiendo que los migrantes puedan a su vez ser agentes de cambio y desarrollo en sus países de origen y en los países de acogida. Nuestros proyectos tienen un claro objetivo, que todas las partes implicadas salgan beneficiadas. El país de origen, porque lograr formar a sus jóvenes y trabajadores que después retornan y aplica o lo ha prendido estimulando el desarrollo socioeconómico regional del país. También el Migrante, que a través de estos proyectos adquiere unos conocimientos y habilidades de los que antes carecía. Y nosotros, que mediante el impulso de programas de migración con terceros países, fomentamos la circulación de migrantes. Me gustaría compartir con ustedes dos proyectos en los que el enfoque climático es fundamental. El primero es el proyecto Guafira de octubre del 2021 a octubre del 2024. Guafira en árabe significa abundancia y ha sido el segundo proyecto piloto de migración legal presentado entre España y Marruecos, confinanciado por la Unión Europea. El proyecto consiste en la capacitación en las mujeres temporeras que cada año vienen a España, desde Marruecos a la campaña de la fresa, para que su regreso a Marruecos puedan poner en marcha actividades generadoras de ingresos. Gracias además al apoyo financiero y técnico que les ofrecerá el proyecto. Son un total de 250 mujeres. Para las formaciones en España se ha contado con el apoyo de cooperativas agroalimentarias de Andalucía, que recibe a varios miles de trabajadores cada año. Además de cooperativas agroalimentarias, son socios del proyecto La OIT y Anapec, el servicio público de empleo marroquí. Se bien también participará por parte de Marruecos el Ministerio de Trabajo e Inserción Profesional. El segundo proyecto el que quiero hablarles es el MigraSafe África. Es un proyecto de migración legal desarrollado en el marco de la red Hilo de la Comisión Europea. Cuyo programa bienal de trabajo contempla como una de las prioridades de la red mejorar el conocimiento de las vías de migración legal para los consulados europeos y las autoridades locales competentes en terceros países, así como los de los propios oficiales del LACI. Se implementa en ocho estados africanos. Marruecos, Senegal, Túnez, Cabo Verde, Nigeria, Ghana, Egipto y Etiopía. El proyecto que tendrá una anulación inicial de 24 meses, desde enero del 22 hasta enero del 24, consiste en la capacitación de distintos actores acerca de las vías de migración legal a la Unión Europea, de tal manera que tanto las fuentes de información formales como las informales tengan la información correcta y actualizada que puedan transmitir a potenciales migrantes. En definitiva, para el gobierno español, también respecto a los efectos climáticos sobre la migración, hay que priorizar respuestas multiraterales que pongan al ser humano en el centro del debate. Gracias por su atención. Thank you. Now I give the floor to Mr. Aliyu Tizani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, Internally Displaced Persons of Nigeria. Nigeria, you have the floor. I'm Mr. Chairman. You've explained this. Let me congratulate the director of the OEM, Mrs. Aimee Pope, as the new DJ of the IOM, and also appreciate our own, Mrs. Oguche Daniels, Nigeria Operations. Let me congratulate the timeliness of the discourse on the impact of climate change of human mobility, particularly the global call for solutions. Debates on climate change, induced displacement and human mobility have become a topical and essential at multiple multilateral fora, such as the Conference of Parties and Global Forum on Migration and Development. While, certainly, the delegation of Nigeria has continued to register deep concerns on the great impact on nexus between climate change and human mobility, particularly the grave threat to existing challenges and the creation of new ones. We are witness to extreme weather events in form of recruiting floods, reoccurring floods, droughts, wildfire and hurricanes and accompanying severe destruction across the globe. The estimation is that at the end of 2023, unaddressed and growing incidences of drought will affect at least 700 million people globally would see local rising between 30CM to 60CM by 2100. In the lectured basin region, for instance, certification has adversely impacted lives, livelihood activities and living condition of communities. In 2022, Nigeria witness unpresident flooding across 33 states, resulting in extensive damage to nearly 360,000 homes, more than 1 million hectares of farmlands and displacing about 5 million people. This disaster together with security concerns have impeded the progress in our national development. For internally displaced persons and vulnerable migrants, particularly children, persons with disabilities, women and elderly persons, such efforts is often practised, is often practicated and invariably leading to additional availability. Objectives two of the global compact on safe and elderly migration, GCM, highlights the need for countries to take concrete steps toward adoption and resilience strategies to address the effects of sudden and slow onset of natural disasters. As humanitarian and protection needs increase, our government is focused on livelihood empowerment and building resilience for climate shocks. It is against this backdrop that Nigeria has made significant investment in the special national economic livelihood emergency intervention to support vulnerable groups of persons impacted by disasters, to advance timely post-disaster and socioeconomic recovery. This is done with a view to ensuring that durable solutions are implemented in a humane and orderly process that leaves no one behind. While it is evident that the decision to migrate is anchored on a number of cross-cutting dynamics, including conflicts and socioeconomic factors, it is equally pertinent to highlight the currently, the impact of climate change, continue to force large population to move within and outside countries. It is on this premise that our government has put in place a three-faced climate change adaptation project. First, to access the vulnerabilities and the capacity of communities. Secondly, to implement community-based adaptation project and to include at risk groups in the larger social investment schemes dedicated to poverty alleviations. Indeed, evicting support funds has also been established to provide short-term relief and solutions to human displacement. Furthermore, and anchored on the need to employ addition and adaptation strategies to meet our commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nigeria is implementing the national adaptation strategy and plan for action on climate change policy. For instance, the ongoing reclamation of the land lost to coastal erosions in Lagos through the Eco-Atlantic City Project and the Cano Relocation Project to relocate at least 800 households in flood-prone areas where cases in point. Nigeria's 2015 national migration policy will also accelerate the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on population distribution and human mobility. This policy, which is currently under review, has its focus on addressing climate change-induced mobility and integrating innovative solutions by conducting relevant studies. Mr. Chairman, my delegation notes the compelling need to mainstream deliberations on disaster-risk management to ensure that global financial facility within the context of militarism is made accessible to developing countries, less developed nations, and small island states. I must recall Objective 23 of the GCM, which emphasizes the importance of threatening international cooperation and sees the opportunity to call on member states to redeem commitments on climate action and financing, particularly the loss and damage fund. Nigeria remains a committed partner at YOM in the education of this mandate. I thank you. Thank you. Now I give the floor for Excellency Liz Valentina-Kazakova, Chief of the General Administration for Migration Issues of Russian Federation. Thank you. Dear Mr. Chairman, Dear Mrs. Director, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Being a member of the International Migration Organization, the Russian Federation is using the potential of YOM to develop solutions on migration issues, forming balanced approaches to the order of migration flows, as well as improving the quality of their regulation. The participation in the event, which is held by YOM, allows you to develop a constructive dialogue with other states on the migration direction. Analyzing, taking into account the previous experience of foreign colleagues, the state of YOM members not only gets the opportunity to improve the mechanisms of regulation of migration flows on a national level, but also strengthens international interaction in the sphere of migration. We note that the organization of research and programs aimed at removing maximum benefits from the migration process contribute to the economic and social development of the state. With the help of countries in the question of the adaptation and integration of migrants in new conditions and the involvement of representatives of the diaspora in solving migration problems, it is also considered as a weight contribution to the complex work on migration problems. We assume that the main vector in the development of modern approaches to the international migration is given a global agreement about the secure, tidy and legal migration. The position of this document is reflected in the concept of the state immigration policy of the Russian Federation. First of all, it concerns the preservation of the principle of openness of Russia for foreign citizens who consider our state as a country with pleasant conditions to satisfy their economic, social and cultural needs, to provide simple and transparent mechanisms for the implementation of labor activity, to create equal opportunities to receive state services in the sphere of migration, to optimize administrative procedures using modern digital technologies. It is convinced that the key role in the formation and implementation of effective migration policy in accordance with national interests plays a key role in providing state mechanisms to regulate migration processes and to improve the legal basis. Migration flows carry not only positive potential, but also a possible boost to the economic, social and demographic development of the country, but also leads to major risks. The rapid increase of the number of migrants is in front of the global community of new threats and challenges. Thus, one of the most important tasks of any state is to increase the effectiveness of the activities of competent bodies in this direction. In this regard, the Russian Federation is doing a full-fledged work on improving the migration law of our country. Thus, the latest changes affect the issues of the legal position of the foreign citizen of Russia, the systematized approaches to the regulation of relations associated with the purchase and the stoppage of Russian federal citizens, the increased effectiveness of the migration of foreign citizens. Russia is constantly applying a wide information campaign to explain to the foreigners the order of survival in the territory of our country. We are sure that the measures taken in the positive key affect the increase of the migration attractiveness of our country. Mr. President, on this day, most countries of the world were facing stable, increasing climatic and ecological challenges. The whole complex of the reasons of the mobility of the population due to the impact of climate change and degradation of the environment in the modern realities are the subject of discussion on the national and international level. The Russian Federation is doing the following measures. Doing analytical work in order to predict the emergence of climate and ecological migrations, non-discriminate response of state structures on climate challenges, additional financing and creation of targeted funds for support of vulnerable categories of migrants. And this, undoubtedly, finds its reflection when forming policy of adaptation to climate change and in a certain degree in the development of the new migration legislation. Mr. President, in conclusion, I would like to note that the decision of the operational tasks of the migration region at the level of the state is a bet on a successful and stable migration situation in the entire world community. The contribution to international public of key achievements in the sphere of creating civilized migration channels and the arrangement of migration flows should be deprived of politicized underprivileged and dual standards. Highly assess the accumulated data on the solution of the entire spectrum of migration issues and assume that the organization will be able to prevent the management of common and humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impurity and independence. Thank you for your attention. Thank you. I will give the floor to Vice-Excellency Mr. Ki-Hwan Kwon, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Global Affairs of Republic of Korea. Korea, you have the floor. Director-General, excellence is distinguished to delegates. I would like to begin by extending my congratulations to Director-General Amy Pope on her inauguration. Her historic appointment as the first female leader marks a significant milestone in the history of IOM. The Republic of Korea looks forward to collaborating with the Director-General Pope in advancing the IOM's critical mission of ensuring humane and orderly migration. As we gather today, we stand at an inflection point. The international community is grappling with a crisis of an unprecedented scale exacerbated by the effects of climate change. The rising sea levels and extreme weather events we witness today are more than an environmental phenomenon. They herald a looming displacement crisis of the magnitude Secretary-General Guterres has described as biblical. Last year alone, natural disasters displaced over 32 million people. This accounts for more than half of the world's internally displaced. These numbers speak to the stark reality of the human cost, families losing livelihoods, communities being uprooted, and centuries-old cultures being put at risk. Therefore, the urgency to strengthen international cooperation to meet the challenge of climate-induced migration has never been greater. In this regard, our efforts to combat climate change must be complemented by comprehensive strategies to effectively manage the resulting migration. We must ensure that displaced populations receive the necessary support to rebuild their lives. Proactively anticipating and addressing the multifaceted challenges of climate-induced migration is also critical. In this effort, we should engage proactively with a broader range of stakeholders. The Sustainable Development Goals have galvanized actors across sectors with resources, innovative technologies and expertise. It is imperative that we mobilize and coordinate such resources to ensure that human mobility is an integral component of sustainable development. Korea is fully committed to this global effort. We are significantly increasing our humanitarian assistance to mitigate the impacts of disasters and conflicts. In line with our commitment to enhancing the resilience of partner countries, Korea will scale up our green ODA to exceed the OECD DAC average by 2025. President Yoon Sung-yeol's recent pledge at the G20 summit to contribute $300 million to the Green Climate Fund underscores our dedication to a sustainable, shared future. We also plan to share renewable energy and high-efficiency carbon-free energy sources with countries vulnerable to climate change. Through these initiatives, Korea aspires to become a green letter drawing on the lessons learned from our journey towards economic growth and democratization. As we prepare for our upcoming term on the UN Security Council next year, climate security will be a key priority. We aim to enrich council deliberations with meaningful data and insights on climate-related security dynamics. Let me conclude by encouraging IOM to continue its important work of raising international awareness and tackling the complexities of climate migration. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now I give the floor Ms. Jennifer McIntyre, Assistant Deputy Minister of International Affairs and Crisis Response of Canada. Canada, you have the floor. Monsieur le Président, excellence. Je m'adresse à vous. Je m'adresse à vous depuis Kamloops en Colombie-Pretainique au Canada. Je voudrais commencer par reconnaître que la terre sur laquelle je me retrouve, c'est le territoire du peuple octocton, take-um-loups, take-us, sué-pem-kulok, sur les terres incestrales, non-sédérées de la nation, sué-pem-kulok, dont les relations historiques avec la terre se poursuivent encore aujourd'hui. J'aimerais commencer mon allocation en félicitant la directrice générale Amy Pope pour son nouveau rôle à la tête de l'organisation. Le Canada se réjouit de poursuivre son partenariat avec l'OEM dans les années à venir. En don de gouvernement du Canada, je tiens à exprimer notre gratitude pour l'occasion de discuter des défis posés par les conséquences des changements climatiques sur la mobilité humaine et de chercher des solutions collectives. L'augmentation de la fréquence et de la gravité des catastrophes environnementales est une préoccupation croissante. Le Canada n'est pas à l'abri des effets des changements climatiques. Ces dernières années, les Canadiens et les Canadiens ont été confrontés à des phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes. En 2020, des feux de forêt d'une magnitude sans précédent ont ravagé plus de 18 millions d'acteurs, touchant les 13 provinces et territoires du Canada et qui ont déplacé des personnes et menacé des communautés. Des vagues de chaleur ont touché la plus grande partie du Canada, même la partie dans le Nord. Dans l'ouest, c'est la sècheresse qui nous a affecté. Dans l'est, des Oregon et des inaudations ont endommagé ou détuit des habitations, des entreprises et des infrastructures essentielles. Canada surligne la nécessité d'une action urgente en matière de la mobilité humaine induite par les changements climatiques et appelle à des solutions fondées sur des données robantes et accès sur les droits de la personne pour faire face à la réalité des personnes qui restent au pays, ceux qui se déplacent ou ceux qui sont contraintes de se déplacer. Le Canada apprécie le leadership de l'OEM qui favorise la coopération et veille à ce que les conséquences humaines des changements climatiques soient prises en compte dans tous les secteurs. Migration, protection, développement, aide humanitaire, paix et action climatique. Ceci est particulièrement évident lors de la prochaine COP28 à Dubai où le thème de la migration et du déplacement sera plus important. Investments in climate adaptation is one of the key actions that states can take to address climate-induced mobility. Adaptation is essential for those who want to stay and it can also make migration a choice rather than a necessity, allowing people to move with dignity. In 2021, Canada announced a doubling of its overall international climate finance commitment to $5.3 billion from 2021 to 2026 with the objective of spending 40% of this commitment on adaptation. This includes efforts to diversify livelihoods and strengthen the capacity of governments and communities to live with the shocks and pressures such as through investments in climate smart agriculture and infrastructure. Canada is also investing in projects that aim to strengthen data in the evidence base related to climate mobility given the importance of further deepening our understanding of who is on the move and people's considerations in deciding whether to move. Thorough understanding of why people move can help inform and enable the development of adequate local solutions and targeted adaptation strategies and increase resiliency. In particular, Canada encourages a gender responsive approach that factors in systemic and intersecting inequalities in order to reduce risks that disproportionately affect women, LGBTQI plus persons, children, and others facing vulnerability due to intersectional factors. The importance of having gender responsive migration programs and policies is well established as they lead to more effective outcomes. With climate change and its impact on human mobility, this need to incorporate gender and inclusion is even more pronounced. Decision makers will benefit from robust data and analysis, including disaggregated and intersectional data and analysis to better understand the dynamics of climate induced human mobility. Canada looks forward to the findings and outcomes from international cooperation among data experts, researchers, and practitioners, including from IOM's Global Data Institute. Mr. Chair, we appreciate the IOM's commitment to climate mobility and to collaborative efforts across humanitarian development and peace sectors. Thank you for the opportunity to address the Council today. Thank you. Now I'll give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Rodrigo Donoso-Malu of DG of the Council on Affairs Immigration and Children's Abroad of Chile, Chile of the Floor. Good afternoon. As we begin this intervention, congratulating in the name of Chile, Mrs. Amy Pope, the first woman to take as Director-General of the International Organization for Migration. Chile receives this lesson with a blessing, confirming our commitment with a feminist foreign policy. We are sure that its leadership will be decisive in the work of its teams to promote a human, safe, and regular migration. Tell us about the commitment committed by Chile, Mrs. Pope, in the coming years. The success of IOM will also be ours. We would like to congratulate the President of this 114th IOM Council, Ambassador Katarina Stasch, and extend our gratitude to the Swiss government as a part of this Council. Chile, of course, also faces the consequences of climate change with serious implications in terms of loss and damage to its communities. The previous one was also accompanied by new challenges, such as the increase in human mobility flows, today more complex, due to its multidirectional and dual nature. In our region, we have made efforts to face such challenges through regional platforms. As you well know, during the year 2023, during the presidential process of the Quito process, Chile insisted in addressing the link between natural disasters and migrations. According to the previous one, we held the regional conference on human mobility and climate change in Bogotá, Colombia, at the beginning of this month. With the aim of promoting a space to exchange experiences and raise regional synergies in the COP-28 vísperas. Previously, during the year 2022, during which Chile exercised the pro-tempore presidency of the 21st South American Migration Conference, we promoted the network of work on migrations through a climate disaster environment. In this way, we advanced in an operational plan to create a regional strategy for human development for migrations. With the rest of the United States members of the CSM, we also consensualized the first joint positioning of the South American Migration Conference in front of the conference of the United Nations on Climate Change in the COP-27 framework. Chile has been implementing measures to anticipate, adapt and mitigate the devastating effects of climate change. In the past, it includes and protects local communities, the role of investment in renewable energies, or to incentivize urban planning resilient to the climate or the implementation of strategies to address the social impacts of climate change in human mobility. These efforts are being pushed by Chile according to the so-called Turkish foreign policy, committed to the environment, focusing on climate action from a multidimensional perspective. That is, it includes both the traditional components of protection in the terrestrial environment and the protection of marine ecosystems. In other words, we want to transversal the environmental dimension in consideration of the terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, but also to add a strategy of fair socio-ecological transition, promotion of human rights and gender equity. The latter is also included in our foreign policy. The National Policy of Migration and Foreign Affairs of Chile, presented in July 2023, incorporated a theme-based agenda aimed at the emergence of catastrophes and displacements caused by climate change. On the other hand, our national prevention service and response to disasters in Chile has generated significant space such as the human mobility intersectional table in the context of climate change and the risk of disasters, elaborating on an intersectional document in accordance with international alignments ratified by Chile in the matter. I must also highlight the recent trip to the Antarctic continent of the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, along with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, who on the ground noticed the impact of climate change in those territories. Today, more than ever, we need a solid international cooperation coordinated and collaborative, because only in this way can we develop opportunities and efficiencies that provide support and protection to affected people. We must always have a human right-wing approach, which emphaticates the dignity of everyone and which guarantees that no one is dragged away. Only through a joint effort will we develop effective, equitable, and sustainable ways to protect people in the situation of human mobility and the affected ecosystems. We fully agree with the introduction of the Director General in the use of reliable data that allows us to elaborate migratory policies on the scientific evidence base, free of incest, ideological, oriented to seek answers to opportunities, just and efficient. Instead of limiting ourselves to just reacting, we are aware that our duty is to act proactively and prospectively, as more and more, the main engines of migration are generated by conflicts of poverty and climate change. Inside its organization, we request, Director General, to continue to promote equitable geographical distribution, so that the regions are properly represented in the OIM Secretariat, making its legitimate concerns and interests valuable. For its magnitude and nature, these global challenges can only be assumed multilaterally. If we wish for solutions, opportunities, and just efficiencies. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now, I'd like to give the floor to Mr. Riteshi Sarizue, the Permanent Secretary for Environment of Suriname. Suriname, you have the floor. Thank you, Mr. Chair. As Suriname take the floor for the first time, I would like to extend our gratitude to the IOM for organizing the 114th session of the Council of Migration and congratulate the new General Director. Her energy brings new dimension to the work of the IOM. As we convene at this Council meeting, it is imperative that we recognize the link between human mobility and climate change. Therefore, it is very important to take actions to combat the impacts of global warming and climate change, and the responsibility we bear to make the world more climate friendly and resilient for the future generations. Suriname's forests are of global importance, both as a biodiversity hotspot and a carbon sink. The efforts to protect it naturally sources are key to the country's commitments. Suriname maintains its contribution as a high-cover and low-deforestation country committed to maintain 93% forest cover. Syphonic and international support is needed for the conservation of this valuable resource, perpetuity. Suriname's forests store approximately 20 million tons CO2, and it's one of the carbon negative countries. On the other hand, Suriname is a low-lying coastal state prone to natural disasters and climate change, according to estimates. A one-meter sea level rise would have impact on 80% of its population who lives along the low-lying coast. Moreover, indigenous and maroon communities are also at risk. Considering the economic situation and location, in remote areas where extreme drought and floods has been caught in the past, vulnerability assessments, including impact assessment and climate scenarios have been conducted, leading to some proposed associated adaptation measures for the following sectors, energy, water resources, agriculture, cross-cutting, including biodiversity and forestry. It is time for action, bold, decisive, and impunity. We call upon international community to mobilize the necessary resources for adaptation finance. Defulping countries like Suriname has been affected by the effects of climate change, subsequently requiring adequate assistance to build resilience, implement sustainable practices, and adapt to the infinity changes that climate change brings to us. Adequate and accessible funds, funding mechanism must be established to support adaptation actions at local, national, and international levels. This includes investment in early warning systems, infrastructure resilience, capacity-building initiatives. The global community must fulfill its commitments to mobilize climate finance, recognizing that the cause of inaction far exceeds the cause of adaptation. I thank you. Thank you. Now I give the floor. Mr. Mukteshi, K. Paradeshi, Secretary, Minister of External Affairs of India. India, you have the floor. Mr. Chairperson, let me begin by extending our congratulations to Ms. Amy Pope on her appointment as the new DG and wishing her all success in leading IOM. We are assembled here to discuss a matter of global significance, the impact of climate change on human mobility. One of the strategies that people may use to cope with the adverse effects of climate change is to move for survival and in search of livelihoods. It can take the form of internal or cross-border movements giving rise to further questions about national security, pressure on limited natural resources, burden on infrastructure, and in extreme cases, may also give rise to conflicts. As we acknowledge the realities faced by communities on the front lines of climate-induced displacement, it is only through shared knowledge, resources, and a commitment to common goals that we can pave the way for a more resilient and sustainable future. It is imperative that we prioritize and develop policies which are inclusive in compassing the needs of the vulnerable populations who are disproportionately affected by the consequences of climate change. While challenges are significant, they also present opportunities for innovation and collaboration. In India, we are gradually moving towards that goal through global solutions that prioritize sustainable development, renewable energy solutions, and climate resilient infrastructure. Two such initiatives, which I would like to mention here are Mission Life, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 Summit in September, and the adoption of a green development pact by G20 leaders. We are also committed to promoting green jobs. India has played an active role in the development of the global compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration, and has been committed towards fulfilling its objectives through existing, as well as new, innovative initiatives. India had the largest diaspora population in the world, over 32 million. We are also the largest recipient of remittances. Well-managed migration is hence our national priority. The government of India has devised key legal and institutional mechanisms and programs for the empowerment and social protection of immigrants. They are the Immigration Act of 1983, E-migrate platform, which is a one-stop source of information on overseas employment, Indian Community Welfare Fund, which is managed by all our Indian missions abroad for assisting Indians in distress, insurance scheme for all departing workers, skill enhancement program, pre-departure orientation training, 24 by seven help centers, and active diaspora engagement schemes. At the same time, the government has focused on improving the presence of highly skilled workers and professionals through mutually beneficial arrangements with countries all over the world. We are committed towards further strengthening skills and competencies of our immigrants to ensure greater mobility, employability, and readiness to contribute to the global workforce. India has been cooperating with several countries through bilateral agreements to improve mobility governance. India commends the role and contribution of the IOM as the primary global migration management organization. We align ourself with the objectives of the IOM as well as its various program projects and events. In this spirit of supporting the core objectives of IOM, India has proposed two issues which have already been included in the program, governance, and organizational priorities of IOM. I would like to thank IOM for this. These two issues are way forward on social security portability and identifying global skill gap. Under India's G20 presidency, which concludes later this week, G20 leaders have committed to address skill gap and ensuring inclusive social protection policies for all. India stands ready to contribute actively to collaborative global efforts, recognizing that only through vigorous data analysis, fostering international dialogues, and close cooperation can we effectively address the impact of climate change on human mobility. The road ahead is challenging, but with collective determination, we can forge a sustainable and resilient future. I thank you for your attention. Thank you. Now I give the floor, Mr. Abraham K. Mendy, Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior of Gambia. Gambia, you have the floor. Thank you very much, Chair. Chair, may I take this opportunity to congratulate Madam Pope for her new position and wish her well with her team. Director General, may I bring to your attention that your office in Banjul are doing great in complimenting government efforts in addressing migration, particularly in the borders. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Gambia government, my delegation wish to express sincere appreciation to the donor partners and IOM for convening the high-level segment of the 114th session of the Council on the Team, Climate Impact on Human Mobility, a global call for solutions. We also wish to express our appreciation for facilitating the participation of the developing countries to this session. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, this is an opportunity for us as member states to discuss critical solutions, to response to challenges relating to human mobility, displacement, migration and climate change crisis. The Gambia supports the promotion of innovative approaches to increase availability of labor, mobility pathways for inclusive and prosperous societies. On that note, we thank IOM for their thought provoking on the theme of the high-level segment. Excellencies, the impact on climate change crisis is devastating, such that it forces mass displacement of population, renders large geographical areas inhabitable. It is also the leading cause of environmental degradation, destruction of essential infrastructures, civil unrest and conflicts. The negative impact of climate change exacerbate and accelerate these drivers of migration and traps people in risky environment. Climate crisis further exposes countries and their population to vulnerable situations, especially developing and least developed countries. In the Gambia, adverse effect of these changes are felt on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism, just to name a few. And amplified and accelerated by saline intrusion into arable lands with attendance, losses, in productivity of land resources, water, nutrients and segment fluxes. The Gambia adopts its national migration policy in 2020 and align it with several policies, such as the Gambia's national security policy, key regional and global frameworks, including migration policy framework for Africa, global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. And the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. And as we speak, the Gambia and EU Gambia partnership are now working on the development of migration strategy with costed programs. As part of its ratification of the Paris Agreement, government of the Gambia is committed to consolidate its fight against climate change by integrating identified mitigation measures into national planning process. Accordingly, we formulated a green recovery focused national development plan 2023 to 2028 to strengthen the government's mainstreaming of climate change adaptation across all levels of government. Therefore, the Gambia wishes to encourage more international cooperation and increase funding to support the ecosystem-based adaptation in developing countries to enable the provision of natural-based, nature-based solutions that will help people and communities survive and thrive on the circumstances and thrive on the circumstances of predictable pattern of climate change. Protect the environment and protect and facilitate development of sustainable, natural resource-based economy. Chairperson, Excellencies, to conclude, we call on partners and IOM to increase technical assistance to developing and least developed countries on a large scale, eco-based adaptation with a view to solve mitigated threat to agriculture, food security, economic growth, and about the dangers of climate change on human livelihood. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now I'll give the floor. His Excellency Madhudu Isakakaji, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanzania, you have the floor. Dear Madam Chairperson, I have the honor to deliver this statement on the behalf of United Republic of Tanzania. And first of all, we want to congratulate you, Director General Amy Pope, on your election for being the Director General of the IOM. We wish you all the best. I wish to express our sincere appreciation for the invitation to participate in this important forum that brings together state and non-state actors to mitigate the impact of climate change on human mobility. Chairperson, in East Africa, specifically Tanzania, studies have revealed that drought, severe rain cycles have become more prevalent, frequent and regular as well as intensive due to the global climate change and the environmental degradation. These affect mostly the pastoralist and semi-pastoralist communities in the region and in Tanzania in particular. The impact of climate change to human mobility must be addressed jointly in order to enhance full implementation of the objectives of the global compact on migration and guarantee a safe, orderly and regular migration. Chairperson, the United Republic of Tanzania recognizes that the responsibility for every state to protect the international migrants affected by climate change must be emphasized. These should be done in their countries of origin, on transit and upon reaching their final destination. Madam Chairperson and Director General, in order to realize protection as such, we should strive to review and align our policies and practices to reflect regional and international standards for the provision of maximum protection and support to whoever is affected by the climate change by guaranteeing their safe and decadified entry, stay and passage into our countries. Chairperson, while implementing such measures, agreeably there is a need to strengthen data collection systems and conducting research on effects of climate change to migrant mobility and sharing best practices globally in order to have informed and scientific decision-making, and in such a way we can have effective policies which are sustainable and as well as strategic responses. We therefore appeal to the IOM and other UN agencies to continue strengthening the responsiveness to climate change which is affecting mostly African continents, as well as specifically Tanzania. We also recognize, we also advise on assisting member states in strengthening resilience of communities facing such disasters. Finally, Chairperson, the United Republic of Tanzania assures its commitment in supporting and implementing initiatives and programs in place both short-run, medium, and long-term in order to mitigate the impact of climate change on human mobility of the regional and international levels. Madam Chairperson, I thank you so much. Thank you. Now I give the floor to Mr. Cristina Probst Lopez, Head of International Co-Polition of State Secretary for Migration. Mr. Chairperson, you have the floor. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, Madam Director General, excellent dear colleagues, international agreements such as the Paris-Paris agreement play a decisive role by creating a legal framework allowing to address challenges related to climate change, including its impact on migration and forced travel. The effective implementation of these agreements and the translation of commitments taken by concrete actions remain a real challenge. Faced with the complexity of the effects and the allies to climate change, but also to the multitude of involved actors in the management of this phenomenon, an international coordination and an excellent cooperation of the multiple concerned actors, both at the national, regional and global level. The Senussian agencies, such as the IEM, play a crucial role in facilitating this cooperation, providing a platform for dialogue, helping to develop concerted solutions and putting them into action. We salute the strong commitment of the IEM on this complex theme and will ensure the continued support of Switzerland. Switzerland is sensitive to the issues related to the migration of the climate change consequences. In 2012, already in conjunction with Norway, we launched the initiative Nansen, whose goal was to improve the protection of people from the constraint of leaving their country due to natural disasters and negative consequences of climate change. In the context of the platform on forced travel related to the disaster, Switzerland is always actively committed to a better protection of people from the constraint of leaving beyond the borders in the context of natural disasters and climate change. Allow me to share three aspects on which we put the emphasis in the context of our international cooperation programs. First of all, increase the ability to adapt and strengthen resilience to address preventive ways of improving climate change. Reinforce knowledge about climate change and ensure access to information on mobility options. Second, put the emphasis on the protection of people affected by climate change and include migrants, especially women and girls. To conclude, include local actors. According to our experience, these are the actors on site who are the best placed to identify the needs of displaced people and integrate them in the implementation of solutions. I would like to finish by thanking Louis M. for his commitment to these essential questions and assuring you the support of Switzerland in the context of the elaboration of common and inclusive solutions. Thank you for your attention. Thank you. Now I give the floor to Her Excellency, Ms. Nurdan Erplat-Altuntas, Director-General of the Consulate Office of Turkey. Turkey, you have the floor. Mr. Chairperson, Madam Director-General, Excellencies, as climate change and environmental problems have become one of the most challenging global crisis we have to face, we believe that this high-level session is very timely. Regardless of the development level, no country is immune from the negative effects. Climate change is causing loss of land and livelihoods, environmental degradation, food insecurity, water scarcity, and impacting women, girls, and vulnerable populations the most. We need to act immediately for the climate emergency, which we are all facing in the form of environmental catastrophes. Climate change is a risk multiplier that is threatening social and economic stability of nations. In this regard, with the holistic approach, the impact of climate change on migration shall rather be addressed within the context of sustainable development agenda. As we all know, the adverse impacts of climate change and environmental degradation represent a serious threat to the achievement of the SDGs. As we aim to leave no one behind, we need comprehensive and collaborative actions. We need to break the silos to achieve our common goals. Excellencies, most vulnerable people and countries should be prioritized in combating climate change and strengthening their adaptation. They need to adapt faster and build resilience as they have no time to lose. In this regard, combating climate change is no longer a choice, but a necessity for us. Due to the ongoing political instabilities, poor governance, armed conflicts, and economic hardship in the region, Turkey has been under heavy migration pressure from her neighbors and countries of the region. As known, Turkey is located in the Mediterranean region, which is one of the main climate change hotspots in the world. We have been experiencing extreme weather events more frequently. With this understanding, we gave momentum to our efforts on climate action. We doubled our greenhouse gas emission reduction target in our updated nationally determined contribution. We announced our net zero emission target for 2053 and our new green development reform. We are preparing our climate law to combat climate change more efficiently. We are also updating the climate change action plan, long-term strategy and adaptation strategy and action plan within the context of our net zero target and green transition. Turkey demonstrates leadership within the scope of the Barcelona Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Zone of the Mediterranean and makes significant contributions to the protection of the Mediterranean. We are ready to contribute more to the global efforts on addressing environmental challenges, especially climate change, loss of biodiversity and waste management on the basis of sustainable development and green transition. In terms of waste management, Turkey took a significant step forward by introducing the Zero Waste Project initiated by our first lady, Her Excellency Emine Erdogan to the world by the UN Zero Waste Resolution this last year. Excellencies, as enshrined in the GCM, if we want to be successful in our efforts, we need to work together. We need to promote international, regional and bilateral cooperation and dialogue. There is no doubt that strengthening international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration should be our aim. Thank you. Thank you. Now, I give the floor. Mr. Florent Tengarde Buruguma, Director General of Burukina Bay Abroad. Burukina Passo. Burukina Passo, you have the floor. Mr. President, Madam Director General, Distinguished participants, allow me to salute the effective attitude of this debate at a high level on the world call in favor of the search for solutions against the effects of climate change. Mr. President, of all the evidence, climate change is a real threat to the balance of our planet. They are part of the factors that exert human mobility in all these forms. Better, the dynamic of the continuous degradation of the vegetable cover. Due to the climatic and anthropological factors, it causes the departure of green populations in the most favorable environmental and climate conditions. Burukina Passo, a Sahelian country in the heart of West Africa, does not escape this gift that is one of the main causes of the mobility of these populations. It is because of this fact that Burukina Passo actively supported in August 2023, Nairobi and Kenya, the elaboration of the continental extension of the Ministerial Declaration of Kampala on the migration of the environment and the climate change that has led to adoption and the development of the NADONDOM by all the member states of the African Union. Mr. President, because of its growing vulnerability to climate change and this aggravated by terrorist groups' attacks, my country has now 2 million people displaced in the country. By ratifying the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, my country has decided to reduce these gas emissions to the brink of death, while strengthening the resilience of these populations to climate change. In this regard, I like to point out that my country has already adopted a determined contribution framework at the national level, at the horizon of 2030, which defines our national strategy of fighting against the effects of climate change. This national strategy includes a component of attenuation of gas emissions to the brink of death and a component of adaptation thanks to investments in the vulnerable sectors in order to strengthen the country's resilience in the face of climate change. Mr. President, the problem posed by the effects of climate change on human mobility is not new. Under the law of the International Organization for Migration, this question has been raised in a constant manner. It has been raised in a constant manner the attention of the international community by joining the discussion table of all the prominent parties. It has often made the object of a growing change from which strong recommendations have been adopted, including the principle of the responsibility of putting it into effective work of the World Bank on the subordinated and regular migrations. Mr. President, it is of our collective responsibility to be able to anticipate the change at cost, means and long-term on the climate, food security and human mobility by identifying areas at high risk to go from a reactive adaptation to an anticipated decision. To do this, we need to strengthen our collaboration at the regional and international level to improve the availability and quality of data to allow us to have good predictions as well as prospective analysis of quality. It also brings us to strengthen local capacities with long-term adaptation measures in the agriculture and livestock sector to promote the resilience of local populations and strengthen food security as a factor in attenuation of conflicts and future travel. Mr. President, this is the place for me to congratulate the IEM who, as the main agenda of the United Nations system, in charge of migrations is today in the first line of operational efforts on research and sensitization to place the environmental migration at the heart of international concerns regional and national. At Burkina Faso, we work with the IEM for the integration of migratory questions and environmental issues at the territorial level. We hope to continue this fruitful collaboration because it is crucial today to integrate the internal climate migration in a prospective planning framework aimed at a structural transformation and even to reinforce the resilience of communities the most affected by the search for sustainable solutions in their situation. I thank you. Thank you. Now we move to the... Mr. Celeste Drake, Deputy Director General of International Organization. DDT Drake, you have the floor. Thank you. Excellencies, Director General Pope, Mr. Chair, colleagues from UN agencies and friends from civil society. Thank you for this opportunity to intervene on this extremely important topic. Climate change is already affecting human mobility, including labor migration and it's not a future threat, it's a current threat. Well-governed human mobility can work hand in hand with adaptation and mitigation efforts while protecting the rights of those displaced. Poorly-governed mobility, on the other hand, that fails to account for increased pressures on vulnerable populations will lead to unsafe disorderly and irregular movement, maladaptation, and rights abuses. Rights-based governance of human mobility in the context of climate change is therefore vital. Decent work underpinned by workers' rights as outlined in international labor standards is central to rights-based governance. Just transitions away from fossil fuels toward green economies and societies are key to the future of work. Migrant workers who can develop and use appropriate skills in the green sector can play a central role in just transitions to green economies and societies if their rights are protected. At the same time, protecting labor rights and developing skills for all, both migrant and non-migrant, will help build the support needed for national policies to address and adapt to climate change. For many people, mobility in the context of climate change will look like labor migration, with people diversifying their incomes, sending remittances, and strengthening the adaptive capacities of their families and communities of origin. For these people, the core values of respect for fundamental principles and rights of work, fair recruitment, and decent work will be needed for them to realize these goals. For those displaced by climate change, decent work is crucial to help rebuild their lives with dignity. ILO recommendation 205 on employment and decent work for peace and resilience provides guidance to prevent and mitigate crises, enabling recovery and building resilience, highlighting the critical role of decent work in building resilience and rebuilding after disaster. In all these efforts, social dialogue with employers and workers, organizations is critical. These world of work actors have key insights on capacities, needs, and opportunities for just transition, adaptation, and relocation. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the ILO considers human mobility in the context of climate change a key social justice challenge. In response to demands from our tripartite constituents, we are developing knowledge, taking action on the ground, and strengthening partnerships to help people move with dignity and in respect of their rights. Our constituents discussed just transitions during the 111th International Labor Conference in June and called for the development of coherent labor migration and mobility frameworks for just transitions. We have been working in countries with the support of the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund to support pilot projects in partnership with the IGAD secretariat, the IOM, UNHCR, the platform on disaster displacement in East Africa and the Pacific, and many others. We are also colleagues in the UN Network on Migration Workstream on Climate Change, the GCM and the Paris Agreement, and participate in the UNFCCC Task Force on Displacement, strengthening the complementarities between discussions on climate change and the migration process. And we're ready to do more. We will continue to push this agenda forward, strengthening partnerships within the UN system and working with our tripartite constituents and other stakeholders to ensure that people on the move due to climate change enjoy decent work and an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises, as well as they can contribute to adaptation and just transition. Without this critical element of social justice for people on the move, there can be no just transition. And if the transition is not just, our efforts face greater risks than we can imagine. Without decent work, migration cannot work for adaptation or rebuilding after catastrophic loss and damage. And without social dialogue, we will never understand the full extent of how migrant workers can support just transitions. But together, employers, workers, and governments, we can address the climate challenges we face while promoting social justice and decent work. Thank you. Thank you. Now I give the floor to Her Excellency, Ms. Elizabeth Taylor Jay, Vice Minister for Multilateral Therapies of Columbia. Columbia, you have the floor. Thank you so much, Chairman. Muchas gracias. Un saludo cordial a todos y todas, los distinguidos colegas que nos hemos dado cita aquí en este importante escenario. Deseo iniciar esta intervención con una sentida felicitación a la señora Enny Poe por el inicio de sus funciones como directora general de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones el pasado mes de octubre. El gobierno de Columbia quiere aprovechar esta oportunidad para manifestar todo nuestro apoyo y desearle los mejores éxitos en su gestión al frente de la OIM. Nuestro gobierno está profundamente agradecido con la organización por su constante apoyo para enfrentar, entre otros, los constantes desafíos para el manejo de los lujos migratorios, pero también del apoyo para el fortalecimiento de la política pública en la materia que, en últimas, contribuye con nuestra aspiración de paz total. Nos complace participar en este segmento de alto nivel relativo al nexo entre migración y cambio climático, organizado por la OIM, dos temas indiscutiblemente prioritarios para mi país, que además trasciende fronteras y que ya implica un reto para el presente y no para el futuro, como en algún momento se pronosticaba. Siendo los países de América Latina, incluido Colombia, uno de los más vulnerables a nivel global. El sexto informe de evaluación del Grupo Intergüernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático IPCC de las Naciones Unidas reconoce los efectos adversos del cambio climático y sus vínculos con el desplazamiento e inmigración en todas las regiones de nuestro planeta. Las cifras son dramáticas. El último informe del Centro de Monitoreo del Desplazamiento Interno del 2023 señala que, para las Américas, el número de personas desplazadas internamente por motivo de desastres en 2022 se estima en más de dos millones de los cuales Colombia representa 281,000. La segunda cifra más alta desde el año 2008. Colombia como país bioceánico con cosas en el Caribe y en el Litoral Pacífico que se extienden en su conjunto por más de 4,000 kilómetros, así como la región insular, ya están experimentando los impactos adversos del cambio climático, incluyendo, entre otros, la erosión costera y la misa amenaza existencial del evidente aumento en el nivel del mar. Por otro lado, y en relación con la variabilidad climática desde mediados del 2023, nos venimos preparando para hacer frente a los efectos del fenómeno del niño que puede verse exacerbada con el cambio climático, incluyendo posibles sequías prolongadas en algunas regiones de nuestro país que nos han obligado, además, a tomar medidas tempranas de precaución y alerta. Sin embargo, ese es un fenómeno que puede producir afectaciones a cientos de miles de familias, incluyendo tanto los eventos climáticos extremos como los de lenta evolución, así como la degradación ambiental, afectan directamente los modos de vida de las comunidades y sus fuentes de sustento, incluida la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, convirtiéndose así en motores de migración y desplazamiento. A medida que empeoran los impactos del cambio climático y aumentan los desplazamientos, necesitamos innovar y ampliar las fuentes de financiación concesional para abordar sus efectos negativos, debemos evitar el aumento de las pérdidas y daños colaterales, para lo cual se deben garantizar que las promesas de financiación climática se cumplan mediante la movilización de fondos dedicados a la adaptación y a la mitigación. Desde Colombia, estamos totalmente comprometidos a impulsar la agenda internacional en temas de movilidad humana y cambio climático, bajo el convencimiento de que la región posee elementos significativos para aportar al proceso de negociación de la COP28, que está muy cercana. Por esta razón y con el ánimo de generar insumos y coordinar esfuerzos para el fortalecimiento de la integración de la movilidad humana en las disusiones globales, nuestro país en alianza con la OIM, el pasado 7 y 8 de noviembre, fue sede de la primera conferencia regional sobre movilidad humana y cambio climático, en la que participaron 25 países de América Latina y el Caribe. Aunado a lo anterior y de la mano del gobierno mexicano, desde el mes de junio del presente año, se viene liderando la realización de un encuentro de alto nivel sobre migración y desarrollo, el cual tiene como propósito propiciar un diálogo a nivel regional con el fin de abordar, de manera conjunta y integral, los flujos migratorios mixos en la región, evaluando sus causas, incluyendo el cambio climático en los desastres naturales, efectos y tendencias democráticas, así como los factores de desarrollo que influyen en las tendencias migratorias. Esta reunión tendrá lugar durante el primer trimestre del año 2024. Concluye esta intervención, reiterando que como país champion del pacto mundial para la migración, segura, ordenada y regular, Colombia seguirá asumiendo las oportunidades y retos de la migración desde una perspectiva de solidaridad y del pleno respeto por los derechos humanos. Hacemos entonces un llamado para que fortalezcamos la colaboración y la cooperación entre nuestros países sobre la base de la responsabilidad compartida, con un diálogo abierto que nos permita gestionar la migración de manera articulada y que nos permita atender sus causas profundas, incluyendo el cambio climático. Muchas gracias por esta oportunidad. Thank you. Now I give the floor to His Excellency, Mr. Kairat Sarivei, Secretary-General of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. Mr. Secretary-General, you have the floor. Distinguished Chair, Honorable Delegates, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. At the outset, let me convey my gratitude to the International Organization for Migration for giving me the opportunity to deliver a statement on such a pivotal theme. The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, SICA, in short, is a unique consensus-based multilateral platform for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. Today, SICA brings together 28 member states which covers 90% of territory of Asia and more than half of the world's population. The SICA provides member states with an equitable platform to exchange ideas, disseminate knowledge, and engage in collaborative efforts across five overarching dimensions, military-political, emerging challenges and threats, economic, environmental and human. SICA's environmental dimension, together with sustainable development, environment protection and natural disaster management priority areas, contribute to the goal of SICA from an environmental perspective. Environmental problems in Asia, driven by climate change, pose unprecedented challenges to our region. These challenges, in turn, led to climate migration, displacing millions of people and aggravating socioeconomic vulnerabilities. Climate migration has manifested in numerous ways in Asia. For instance, millions of people have been displaced due to floods in South Asia. To effectively address these issues, regional and international collaborations are not just beneficial. They are essential. SICA, with its diverse membership and platform for dialogue, is well positioned to facilitate cooperation and foster trust among Asian nations. Besides, SICA can build consensus on regional strategies to manage environmental problems, minimize their impact and mitigate the necessity for climate migration. In order to increase the awareness of SICA member states, various seminars, workshops, expert meetings and online trainings are conducted under the SICA environmental dimension. The discussion generally focuses on green transformation, current problems of the region, environmental resilience, circular economy, sustainable development and risk reduction management. Member states find value in sharing their experiences to collectively address environmental challenges. In 2022, during the SICA summit, President Kasim Jomar Tokaev of Kazakhstan put forward several initiatives to strengthen further cooperation in the environmental dimension, which include holding a high-level environmental conference in Astana in 2024 to identify environmental issues and develop coordinated solutions within the SICA framework. Dear participants, climate change is a global issue and its impacts transcend borders. Climate-induced migration can contribute to conflicts and insecurity. It can strain the economic and social fabric of both sending and receiving areas. International cooperation and solidarity are critical to protect the planet. SICA is committed to continuing its cooperation with international partners to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those affected by climate-induced human mobility. I thank you. Thank you. That was the last picture of the day. Thank you again for the all speakers who participated in the segment for enriching and thought-provoking discussion. Before I close this item, I'd like to give the floor to the DG for her closing remarks. DG. Thank you very much. And first of all, just a very warm and heartfelt thank you to all of you and especially those of you who have traveled from afar to be here in person with us today. And those of you who joined us virtually from all over the world, I think it's clear to everyone in the room that the scale and the severity of climate change is one that simply cannot be ignored. And the impact of climate in terms of the displacement, particularly of vulnerable communities, is one that should lead us all to take very urgent action. It's important that we have the reflections. It's important that we have the individual experiences. It's important that we recognize the vulnerabilities of particular communities, but every single part of the world, whether we're talking about Albania or Australia, Bahamas, Tibahen, Korea, to Zimbabwe, all across the world, we are witnessing the impacts of climate on human mobility. We've heard from countries like Bangladesh, Somalia, several small island developing nations, and other countries who are facing some of the most severe impacts of climate change. And as mentioned by so many of you, but including Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guyana, the Philippines, Antigua, and Barbuda, the pre-existing vulnerabilities, aggravated by reversing development gains, often push people into a place where they are forced to make what is really an impossible choice. Do they stay in a life-threatening environment or do they move when they have absolutely no guarantee of what will come next, including of being safe or in a stable situation? And clearly across the board, we're hearing from all of you, this is not a situation that we can accept as a global community. I've also heard from many of you that this is not a challenge that any country can manage alone. We know that many of the countries that are facing the worst impacts of climate change are the countries that have contributed the least to those impacts. And we really need to build a global unified response to the situation, one that is based on rights, one that is based on the respect for human dignity, but one that also recognizes that when we use migration as a means of adaptation, we can actually realize quite significant benefits for multiple communities. We can truly make migration work for all. And we saw that as I started at the very beginning with the example we recently learned of from Tuvalu and Australia and negotiating their agreement in the leadership of Uganda and Kenya and driving forward the Kampala Declaration within the Americas where we're hearing increasing efforts to consolidate action on a regional basis. I also heard from many of you, including Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada about the importance of focusing on the unique vulnerabilities of certain groups of people, whether we're talking about women, young people, indigenous populations, people who have disabilities, the impacts of climate on human mobility are not the same for everyone. So as we build solutions, we need to do them taking into account the unique protection concerns but also the unique vulnerabilities and capacities that people might have, recognizing that sometimes what we see as a vulnerability is also an opportunity to drive more significant change. Now, we started the conversation by recognizing the need to save lives and we all have acknowledged that there are millions of people every single year who are being impacted by disasters and that is across the board, no matter whether you live in a high income country or a lower income country. The question is really about how do we build resilience and how do we respond when countries or communities do not have the resilience they need to face the impact of climate change? We've seen that climate adaptation is thus linked to migration. So when we talk about how we bring solutions for people to live safe and dignified lives, we must do so with the idea of giving people as much agency as possible, enabling them to stay at home where that's possible or to choose to migrate in safe and regular circumstances where they have appropriately paid work, where their rights as workers are protected, where they're not exploited. And I thank our colleague from the International Labor Organization for her very thoughtful interventions on that point. We also know we cannot reverse the damage that has already taken place, but we can work together to make sure these impacts do not get worse. And so we at IOM join the course of voices of organizations around this UN family, urging states to create this new fund on loss and damage that will cover the gaps that we know exist. These are gaps that we are seeing play out in real time, particularly when it comes to issues like access to water, water scarcity, water flooding, desalination of water. Water is at the heart of so much of these conversations and particularly we know both fuels conflict but also can be exacerbated when we're dealing with communities that already have faced conflict in the past. We also recognize and I thank the government of the Philippines for acknowledging the importance of building out more regular pathways for persons. And I want to acknowledge the Philippines as well for the effort they've put in to really implementing the global compact on safe orderly and regular migration and creating a department that focuses on protecting the rights of workers who are going across the world to work. And particularly in the face of the climate vulnerabilities that that country is facing. This is a good model that is relevant to many, many countries. And as eloquently said by the governments of Zimbabwe, Botswana, Guyana, the Netherlands and the EU as well as many others, climate finance must be made available to those who are the most vulnerable. Now I hear this across the board wherever I travel and particularly when I am speaking to smaller nations. Their ability to access climate funds is very much challenged. Some of it is bureaucracy, some of it is complexity. Some of it is having the skills and the capacity to put together the proposals, but we are failing on this point. And if governments do not have resources to help their communities adapt, then we know that the cost to everyone, both in terms of finances, but also in terms of human lives will be much, much higher. So across the board, we urge every government, all of our partners within the UN agency family, all of our partners within civil society to put climate impact in the work we do, whether it's on migration management, labor migration, migration policy, development goals. And the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration gives us a blueprint for how to do this. So the good news, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, is that you have already done the hard work. You have already put together a document that gives us a way forward. So our goal is now to find ways to implement, to put action behind the words. We also have put together a climate mobility roadmap, and we are creating these climate mobility innovation labs in Africa and in Asia. And the goal here is not to get stuck in old ways of doing things. We know that this is a challenge that is new, that requires innovative thinking, that requires the input, especially of young people who will be the most impacted, but we want to bring together the best minds, the best ideas, the best energy so that we can build solutions, start small, we think big, we start small, and then we scale up when we know it works. And we ourselves within the International Organization for Migration are going to put our money where our mouth is to build the tools to work with the tools that now exist so that we can do a better job of helping all of you take action before your communities are displaced. Now COP 28 is later this week. After this session, the council concludes tomorrow afternoon, I will be getting on an airplane to head out to COP 28. I know some of your governments will also be there. And I look forward to the conversations that will happen there, but we recognize that conversations are not enough. What we really want is action. So I take this moment to recognize the great work that has happened to date, but I also take it as a moment where we measure the baseline. And we say next year, when we come back together, we want to demonstrate that we have advanced. I don't care about your advancements in rhetoric, I want your advancements in action. And that is a goal for all of us. It is a challenge for all of us within this community to set for ourselves. And we're looking for action that enables people to stay, enables people to move with dignity in safe and orderly ways, and to support people who have already been displaced, who are already on the move, we will be ready. Now, in the meantime, I invite you all to join us for a reception to celebrate all of you, to thank all of you for your investment in this work and in this organization and in the communities, especially those that are the most vulnerable. And for those of you who want to test your medal against a four-time Olympic gold medalist, I invite you to a 3K fun run tomorrow morning at 7.45 at the Park de la Père du Lac, 7.45. Sir Mo Farah will be there, and I'm going to have my running shoes on. So I welcome each and every one of you. If you're up for the challenge, come on over, 7.45. We'd love to see you. And I look forward to seeing you soon at the reception. Thank you very much. So thank you very much for the delegation, for participating in this discussion. I'm going to be very brief, so wait just a second. Tomorrow morning, we'll continue with the general debate starting at 10 o'clock in the morning, AM. And one public message allow me to mention that tomorrow morning at 9 AM, a side event on the Darien Gap, Darien Gap, organized by the Permanent Mission of Panama, will take place in room four of this building. And they say that the copy will be offered to participants. And as just explained, mentioned, there will be reception organized by the Swiss Federal Council, Swiss Council of the Republic and canton of Geneva, and the Executive Council of the City of Geneva. Please join the reception. Thank you. Recording stopped. That's the end of the meeting today. Let's call it a day.