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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus A.Dapkiunas participates in the round table on migration

11 April 2018

11-04-2018

On April 10, 2018 on the margins of the 51st session of the UN Commission on Population and Development, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Andrei Dapkiunas, participated in the round table “The effect of Migration and Urbanization on the Family”.

The event was organized at the initiative of Belarus by the Group of Friends of the Family in cooperation with international and American non-governmental organizations for the family.

The UNICEF Chief of the Policy Analysis Division of Data, Research and Policy, David Anthony, the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the US Department of Health and Human Services, E. Scott Lloyd, the Lecturer of Princeton University, Timothy Jon Nelson, as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations also attended the round table.

In his opening statement on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Family, A.Dapkiunas outlined main problems faced by families in the context of migration and urbanization, and stressed the need to develop approaches that could turn the disadvantages resulting from these processes into benefits.

The participants discussed issues of assistance to families on the move to better thrive in modern world, adaptation of cities to the needs of families, issues of family reunification, and the role of the UN in these processes.

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