South American Conference on Migration (CSM)

Presentation at the

XIV Regional Conference on

Migration

Guatemala, July 6-10, 2009

8 Conferences held to date:

1. Argentina – May 18-19, 2000

2. Chile – April 2-3, 2001

3. Ecuador – August 5-16, 2002

4. Uruguay – November 6-7, 2003

5. Bolivia – November 25-26, 2004

6. Paraguay – May 4-5, 2006

7. Venezuela – July 1-3, 2007

8. Uruguay – September 17-19, 2008

The 9th Conference will be held in Quito, Ecuador in September 2009.

The South American Conference on Migration (CSM) is defined as an inter-governmental meeting for coordination, consultation, and information exchange specializing on international migration matters which serve as a foundation to formulate and implement public policy

on migration in each country in the South American region.

Basic Principle of the CSM:

To implement actions oriented toward promoting,

strengthening, and respecting human rights of migrants.

Objectives Toward theIX Conference

• To formulate a Declaration of Principles of the CSM• To consolidate thematic working groups to ensure

ongoing work and actions by CSM, beyond specific meetings

• To establish the South American Network for Migration Management (Red Sudamericana para la Gestión Migratoria)

• To consolidate the South American Observatory on Migration (OSUMI)

• To strengthen operations of the CSM delegations and Technical Secretariat

Thank you