The signing of this historic agreement brings the leading global migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), into the United Nations and culminates a 65-year relationship with the Organization. For the very first time in 71 years, the United Nations now has a migration agen…
With your permission, Mr. President, I will speak first in my capacity as Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and then as President of the Global Migration Group (GMG).
(spoke in English)
It is an honour to take part, on behalf of the International Organization f…
When the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were conceived 10 years ago, there was no mention of migration. And I think that this in itself tells a story, because at that point migration was not yet on the global scene. In fact, there were only 150 million migrants at that time.
Today, at the 10-y…
