A/59/377 (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 6

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