
なぜ今、国連主導のシステムに改革が必要なのか
国連憲章が調印80周年を迎える中、「UN80イニシアチブ」は、急速に変化する世界において多国間システムをより効果的かつ目的に適したものにするための、世代に一度の改革として位置づけられています。一方、機関の統合、予算削減、現場での業務の効率化といった大規模な構造改革の中、ある極めて重要な分野が危険なまでに軽視されるリスクにさらされています。それが「移民」です。
International migration specialist with over 25 years of experience as a practitioner, program manager, senior official, analyst, researcher and more recently in academia at the Australian National University (PhD in Demography; migration). Currently, Head, Migration Research Division, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva. Chief Editor, World Migration Report. Senior Fellow, Global Migration Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva. Member of MIT's Global Technology Review Panel and Associate Editor of the Harvard Data Science Review. Elected Member, Academic Council of the United Nations System. Published widely in academic and policy literature on migration, displacement, AI, data and irregular migration. Key publications include: World Migration Reports 2018, 2020, 2022 & 2024 editions, book on gender, migration and covid (published by Edward Elgar Publishing, January 2024), migration and digital technology (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021) irregular migration (ANU Press, 2017) and many articles on AI, displacement, gender, irregular migration and migrant smuggling for the Forum and other journals/outlets. 2012-15, Director, Irregular Migration Research Program, Australian Department of Immigration. Previous postings in Moscow, Seoul, Ankara; currently based in Geneva. Awarded the 2018 Charles Price Prize for outstanding doctoral research.
国連憲章が調印80周年を迎える中、「UN80イニシアチブ」は、急速に変化する世界において多国間システムをより効果的かつ目的に適したものにするための、世代に一度の改革として位置づけられています。一方、機関の統合、予算削減、現場での業務の効率化といった大規模な構造改革の中、ある極めて重要な分野が危険なまでに軽視されるリスクにさらされています。それが「移民」です。
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