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The 2nd UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development (2nd UNHLD) was held in New York City on 3-4 October 2013.  MFA was present at the first UNHLD held in 2006 in New York. In line with continuing the network’s engagement with the UNHLD, MFA organized a series of national and regional consultations focused using the framework of the CSO proposed 5 year action plan on 8 points. The outcome document from the consultations can be...

Members of Parliament from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Germany and Spain signed a petition calling for the urgent investigation of teh disappearance of Mr. Sombath Samphone. Mr. Sombath Samphone is a prominent human rights activis and human rights leader from Laos. On the evening of 15 December 2012 Sombath was abducted in Vientiane while driving home. CCTV footage shows that he was stopped by police and then taken...