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(m) On 20 and 21 July, she participated in a research workshop in Geneva,
organized by the United Nations University, as part of a project entitled “Structural
approaches to understanding and combating human trafficking”;
(n) From 26 to 29 July she attended the Hemispheric Conference on
Migration Policy, held in Quito during the First Social Forum of the Americas,
which is part of the World Social Forum agenda of regional and thematic social
forums;
(o) From 2 to 5 September, she has been invited to participate in the plenary
meeting of the Human Movements and Immigration (HMI) World Congress,
organized as part of Forum Barcelona 2004. The Special Rapporteur will also
organize a dialogue entitled “Good governance and shared responsibility”;
(p) On 9 and 10 September she will participate in the Berne Initiative
regional consultations for the Americas in Santiago, Chile;
(q)
B.
1.
20-30 September the Special Rapporteur will pay an official visit to Peru.
Observations
Visits
6.
During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur carried out official
visits to Spain, Morocco, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Italy. At the sixtieth
session of the Commission on Human Rights, she presented reports on her missions
to Spain and Morocco, carried out in 2003 (E/CN.4/2004/76/Add.2-3) and a
preliminary note on her February 2004 visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran
(E/CN.4/2004/76/Add.4). Since then the Special Rapporteur has visited Italy and is
planning a visit to Peru in September 2004. She has also expressed a wish to visit
Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire in early 2005 and efforts are being made to find
dates that will suit all parties.
7.
Ever since she began her work, the Special Rapporteur has focused in large
part on “fault lines”. During the first years of her mandate, for example, she
analysed the migratory flows triggered by the economic disparities between the
countries to the north of the United States-Mexico border and those to the south;1
during the period covered by the present report she has concentrated on the
European and Mediterranean migratory context. Following her visits during the past
year to Spain, Morocco and Italy, the Special Rapporteur hopes to be able to
complete her work with a visit to sub-Saharan Africa in early 2005.
8.
In addition, the issue of mixed migration and its relationship to refugee
outflows prompted the Special Rapporteur in February 2004 to visit the Islamic
Republic of Iran, where she concentrated on the so-called voluntary repatriation
programmes. The Special Rapporteur submitted a preliminary note on this visit to
the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session in advance of the report to
be presented at the Commission’s next session.
9.
The Special Rapporteur has continued to work on the follow-up to the
recommendations contained in the reports on her visits. On 7 November 2003 she
sent a letter to the Government of Canada concerning implementation of the
recommendations contained in her report (E/CN.4/2001/83/Add.1).2 Similar letters
will be sent in the near future to the other States she has visited. The Special
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