Noting with appreciation the numerous meetings and conferences convened relating to migration and development,Including the European Conference on Migration, held at Brussels on 16 and 17 October 2001; the International Symposium on Migration: Towards Regional Cooperation on Irregular/Undocumented Migration, held at Bangkok from 21 to 23 April 1999, which adopted the Bangkok Declaration on Irregular Migration (see A/C.2/54/2, annex); the Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighbouring States, held at Geneva on 30 and 31 May 1996; the Regional Conference on Migration in North and Central America; regional migration policy capacity-building and cooperation meetings organized and planned by the International Migration Policy Programme; the Mediterranean Conference on Population, Migration and Development, held at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, from 15 to 17 October 1996; and the Technical Symposium on International Migration and Development of the Administrative Committee on Coordination Task Force on Basic Social Services for All, held at The Hague from 29 June to 3 July 1998. in particular in the context of regional cooperation,
赞赏地注意到就移徙与发展问题、特别是在区域合作范畴内召开的多次大小会议；包括以下国际会议：2001年10月16日至17日在布鲁塞尔举行的欧洲移徙问题会议；1999年4月21日至23日在曼谷举行的移徙问题国际专题讨论会:致力就非正常/无证移徙问题开展区域合作,该专题讨论会通过了《非正常移徙问题曼谷宣言》(见A/C.2/54/2,附件);1996年5月30日和31日在日内瓦举行的处理独立国家联合体各国和相关邻国的难民、流离失所者、其他形式的非自愿流离失所和回返者问题区域会议;北美洲和中美洲移徙问题区域会议;由国际移徙政策方案组织和计划的移徙政策方面的能力建设与区域合作会议；1996年10月15日至17日在西班牙帕尔马德马略尔卡举行的地中海人口、移徙与发展会议;行政协调委员会普及基本社会服务工作队1998年6月29日至7月3日在海牙举行的国际移徙与发展技术专题讨论会。