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Third Supplementary Report: Outcome of the tripartite technical meeting on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market (Geneva, 5–7 July 2016)

The document provides information on the tripartite technical meeting on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market that took place in Geneva from 5 to 7 July 2016. It contains the final report and outcome of the meeting, which includes guiding principles on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market, in the appendices. The Governing Body is invited to: (a) take note of the said report and to authorize the Director-General to publish and disseminate the outcome of the meeting and to draw upon the guiding principles in follow-up to the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, held in New York on 19 September 2016; and (b) request the Director-General to take into consideration the guiding principles when drawing up proposals for future work of the Office (see draft decision in paragraph 6).