E/CN.4/2001/83 page 23 97. The Special Rapporteur is interested in continuing to take part in the preparatory meetings for the World Conference to be held in 2001 and in the World Conference itself. She has received invitations to take part in national preparatory meetings. She thus plans to attend the meeting to be organized in Segovia (Spain) on 16 and 17 February 2001. E. Consultations 98. The Special Rapporteur attended the annual meeting of Special Rapporteurs from 5 to 9 June 2000, at which she had an opportunity to hold meetings with other Special Rapporteurs, Special Representatives and members of the working groups with mandates established by the Commission on Human Rights. Cooperation involved sharing information on that mandate, consultations and urgent appeals. 99. The Special Rapporteur visited Geneva from 9 to 13 December 2000. During that time, she attended consultations with the Secretariat and other Special Rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights. She also held meetings with representatives of Governments and non-governmental organizations. F. International Migrants Day 100. In a press release, the Special Rapporteur welcomed the General Assembly’s proclamation of 18 December as International Migrants Day (resolution 55/93, adopted without a vote on 4 December 2000). G. Other activities 101. The Special Rapporteur took part in many international meetings at which careful consideration was given to the challenges migrants face as a result of globalization. For example, she attended the Annual Meeting of the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen held in Mexico City from 19 to 21 November 2000. VI. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 102. The Special Rapporteur has had an opportunity to raise the question of migration during the period covered by the present report on the basis of the recommendations contained in the resolutions which establish and define her mandate. In the meetings in which she has taken part, she had thus endeavoured to speak and hold discussions with government authorities, non-governmental organizations and migrants themselves. Accordingly, she would like to make the following observations and recommendations. A. Concluding observations 103. The Special Rapporteur hopes that this report will help draw attention to the importance of the question and to the positive side of migration and encourage host countries, transit countries and countries of origin to adopt measures, jointly and independently, aimed at preventing situations in which migrants are deprived of protection and are therefore subjected to abuse, which are common nowadays in all parts of the world and which lead to serious violations