
108th session of the Council of the International Organization for Migration takes place in Geneva
On November 28 – December
1, 2017 the 108th session of the Council
of the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) is taking place in
Geneva, being attended by the
representatives of the Member States,
observers, international organizations, including NGOs (UNHCR, ILO, WHO, World Bank, ICRC, African Union and others).
Mr. William Swing,
IOM Director General, Mr. Miroslav Lajčák,
President of the 72nd session of the UN General
Assembly and Ms. Louise Arbor,
United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for international migration addressed the audience. Participants of the session
discuss the main trends in
the development of migration processes,
celebrate the anniversary of IOM’s joining the
United Nations system and the
results of the Organization's activities during this period, consider
the state of the consultation
process on the elaboration of the Global
Compact for safe, orderly and
regular migration, as well as
the IOM’s program of work
for the next
year.
Y.Klymenko, Permanent Representative
of Ukraine, in his statement
during the general debate on November 29 positively noted the Organization’s joining the UN system last year,
as well as
highlighted IOM’s leading role in
facilitating the intergovernmental negotiation process on the
elaboration of the Global Compact
for Migration. He stressed upon
the need to take into
account the issue of internal
displacement in further relevant global agreements, drawing attention to the humanitarian
situation in Ukraine, in particular
around internally displaced people, in the context
of the ongoing
Russian aggression against our country,
as well as
positively appraised the IOM activities in Ukraine, its
assistance in confronting socio-economic challenges, and expressed hope for deepening of
interaction with the abovementioned Organization.