HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT: GROWING OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIGRATION CAM POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE LEVEL OF HUMAN FREEDOM AND IMPROVE THE LIFE OF MILLION RESIDENTS OF THE PLANET
ArmInfo
2009-10-27 14:10:00
ArmInfo. Growing of opportunities for migration cam potentially
increase the level of human freedom and improve the life of million
residents of the planet, Human Development Report 2009, presented in
Yerevan today "Mobility is a key element of human freedom" says.
Movement typically benefits migrants, their families and source
and destination communities. But the full potential of migration to
enhance human development is constrained by barriers of movement,
according to the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR).
The HDR, which is an independent report commissioned and published
annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
tackles pressing global challenges. The 2009 Report, which is titled
Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development, was presented in
Yerevan today with participation of Ms. Consuelo Vidal, UN Resident
Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative (UN RC/UNDP RR), Mr. Vache
Terteryan, First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration of the
Republic of Armenia and Ms. Irina Davtyan, Deputy Head of Migration
Agency under the Ministry of Territorial Administration.
Vache Terteryan said that the problems of migration are not of the
local nature and have become one of the global problems today. For this
reason, many countries pay great attention to this problem. He thinks
that the presented report may serve a good basis for improvement of
machinery in the sphere of migration as well as in other spheres. He
also said that in Armenia this problem is important in the context of
European integration and added that the government has managed to reach
quite effective results in making reforms in the sphere of migration.