Items in this issue of the HLS Civil Society Newsletter:
- Outcome “zero draft” released on 27 June; civil society participation and inputs
- States agree on modalities; constraint on space for civil society
- Civil society calls upon states to launch a “New Deal for Refugees, Migrants and Societies” and to undertake 4 courses of action as starting points for the outcome document
- UN shortens deadline to apply to attend or speak in the 19 September Summit: now 21 July
- UN-led civil society Steering Committee advises UN on programme and speakers for the 18 July hearings
- UN Member states form “Friends of Migration” to work towards positive outcomes at the 19 September Summit
- Preparatory meeting for and by civil society in New York, 17 July
- Links and resources concerning the 19 September Summit
- Dates and deadlines