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The President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson met today with the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Mr. William Lacy Swing. They exchanged views on the 19 September Summit on Refugees and Migrants and the New York Declaration to be adopted at the Summit. The President of the General Assembly welcomed the IOM-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agreement which will be signed at the Summit and underlined the importance of the strengthened institutional relationship between the two organizations.<\/p>\n

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