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	CALL FOR COMMENTS NGLS Call for Comments on the Secretary-General's Report on International Migration and Development has been launched on the NGLS website and is ongoing until 27 June. The online call is targeted to members of civil society to solicit their comments and observations on the Secretary - General's Report in the run-up to the 12 July Informal Interactive Hearings with NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector, and the High-Level Dialogue in September. More			PUBLICATIONS & UN REPORTS NGLS Publications This section features the NGLS flagship newsletter, the Go Between and the Roundup series, as well as all NGLS publications, including handbooks, guides, the Development Dossier series and more. 13.06.2006 Publication selections More... 10.05.2006 Publications More... Featured UN Reports This section provides a selection of featured UN reports. 12.05.2006 Publications & U.N. Reports More... All NGLS Publications \| All UN Reports

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

NGLS is pleased to inform you that it has launched its redesigned website (www.un-ngls.org). The 2006 NGLS Survey, conducted in April 2006, solicited almost 800 responses with a number of respondents calling for a more “streamlined” website. Taking these suggestions into consideration, NGLS’s new website is more user friendly, features simple navigation for complex searches, and loads quickly. It also provides easier access to reports and other types of information and includes a working site-level search engine. A light version of the NGLS website will soon be available.

New also is NGLS’s capacity to call for online comments. In this connection, NGLS is calling for comments on the Secretary-General’s Report on International Migration and Development until 27 June 2006. The Call for Comments is meant to create an opportunity for civil society, especially those organizations who will be unable to participate in the 12 July Informal Interactive Hearings with NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector, to transmit their views, suggestions and ideas on issues discussed in the Secretary-General’s Report on International Migration and Development, which will provide the framework for discussion during the Informal Interactive Hearings and the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development from 14-15 September. Comments will be collected and, based on the overall response, a compilation of comments will be drawn up by NGLS and made available to NGOs and Member States attending the 12 July Informal Interactive Hearings and will be disseminated widely in the period leading up to the High-Level Dialogue in September. Click here for more information on the Call for Comments.

Sincerely,

Tony Hill
Coordinator
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)