High-level Event on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants

A view of the panel at today's High-level Event on ""Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants: Critical Challenges for Sustainable Urbanization"", held in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at UN Headquarters in New York. From left: Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and Global Migration Group Chair for 2016; Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the UN and Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); Michel Tommo Monthe, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cameroon to the UN and Acting President of the General Assembly; Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson; Joan Clos, Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Secretary-General of the Habitat III Conference; Dina Kawar, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN and co-facilitator for the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants; and Josep Roig, Secretary-General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).