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The 3rd Senior Officials’ Meeting Report

Thursday, 31 March 2016

The 3rd Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Colombo Process (CP SOM) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 04th and 05th of November 2015, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Employment, Sri Lanka with technical and financial assistance from IOM.

This was the first SOM where both the Capital-based and Geneva-based senior officials’ from the CP Member States participated and engaged inactive discussions regarding the CP thematic priorities, CP operating modalities and cooperation with other dialogue forums.

Under the Chairmanship of Sri Lanka, the3rd SOM concluded with a remarkable success, marked by the adoption of the Concluding Statement by the Member States, which sets out concrete decisions and recommendations aimed at advancing collective efforts for safe and skilled labour migration by sending countries in Asia.

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Colombo Process 3rd SOM Report

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