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Head of United Nations Representative in Indonesia, Gita Sabharwal, giving her speech at the National Symposium in Jakarta on Tuesday July 23rd 2024 (Photo : NK-VOI) - 

VOInews, Jakarta : The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations held a "National Symposium: Migration Governance for Sustainable Development" in Jakarta Tuesday (23/7). The event marked the peak of progress of the Migration Governance for Sustainable Development Program after running for two years.

Met after the event, Head of United Nations Representative in Indonesia, Gita Sabharwal said Indonesia has the largest number of migrant workers. Therefore the UN is collaborating with the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Women to ensure migrant workers use travel applications to ensure welfare they. 

"So Indonesia is a champion country for migration and we are working very comprehensively from planning to introducing securing livelihood of migrants that are returning back from their countries of work and securing their livelihood of those of the families in the country. In addition we are also working with women migrants and ensuring that they are start using the travel application that has been develop in partnership with Kemlu to secure their live and provide them access to justice to models of justice in their country of origin and the destination country", Gita explain. 

Gita Sabharwal added the global agreement on migration reflects the joint commitment of countries to improve migration management.

The Migration Governance Program for Sustainable Development is a collaborative program between the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United National Development Program (UNDP), International Organization for Migration (IOM ) and UN Women. The program is funded by the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MMPTF).

The program aims to strengthen the capacity of central and regional governments in managing labor migration//VOI