International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM)
Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM)
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URL: http://www.iom.int/
Founded
1951-12-05 Brussels Belgium
History
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Promote humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all by providing services and advice to governments and migrants; promote international cooperation on migration issues; aid in the search for practical solutions to migration problems; provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, whether refugees, displaced persons or other uprooted people.
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Cooperation agreements with: F-XF2417 - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Signatory to: E-XJ2625 - International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA). Memorandum of Understanding with: D-XD3153 - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO); F-XM3719 - Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI). Member of: F-XJ0995 - Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS); F-XM3681 - Regional Cooperation Council (RCC); E-XE4515 - Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC); E-XE4201 - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Cooperates in: E-XF4929 - Budapest Process. Cooperates with: E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Serves as Secretariat for: F-XM7576 - United Nations Network on Migration. Observer to: F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Member of: F-XF5941 - United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). Support from: F-XM1701 - United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF); F-XM0920 - United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).
Organizations holding observer status with IOM:
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS);
- D-XD8572 - African Union (AU);
- F-XF1048 - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- D-XD5661 - Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa (CPLP);
- D-XD7706 - Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD);
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- E-XM2387 - Ibero-American General Secretariat;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- E-XE3768 - International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- C-XD8574 - Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO);
- E-XE2837 - Italian-Latin American Institute (ILAI);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- E-XK1312 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR);
- E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- E-XM4183 - Parliamentary Assembly - Union for the Mediterranean (PA - UfM);
- F-XF4396 - Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN);
- U-XE1127 - United Nations Commission on Human Rights, replaced by E-XM1098 - United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XE3242 - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
- E-XE3388 - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD);
- B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO.
Cooperates closely with international organizations working in the field of refugee assistance or dealing with social, economic and demographic aspects of international migration:
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- H-XE2323 - Comisión Centroamericana de Directores de Migración (OCAM);
- E-XE3377 - ECOSOC;
- E-XE6139 - European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (European Centre);
- F-XF2508 - Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS);
- D-XD0335 - Latin American Fisheries Development Organization;
- E-XE3042 - OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR);
- F-XE8849 - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE);
- F-XF2175 - Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- E-XE3128 - United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ);
- F-XF4104 - United Nations Volunteers (UNV);
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP).
Also links with: E-XM2805 - Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW); E-XE5349 - Conference of European Statisticians (CES); E-XE1083 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); E-XK1474 - Inter-Governmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC); E-XE2288 - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); F-XF0947 - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU). Links indicated by: G-XN6328 - Air Serv International; E-XM5571 - Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance); E-XK1975 - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB Institute); D-XD4344 - Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS); E-XJ1767 - European Public Law Organization (EPLO); C-XC1248 - International Association of Rural Health and Medicine (IARM); E-XE4141 - International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP); F-XJ3776 - Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM); E-XJ2477 - Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe Secretariat (PCC SEE Secretariat); E-XE4515 - Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC); E-XM1270 - United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC); F-XF5611 - White Helmets.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Agreements with a number of voluntary agencies ensure emigration of individuals sponsored by people in countries overseas. Cooperation includes not only procedural and transport matters but also the financing of movements by means of Joint Revolving Funds, to which both the Committee and voluntary agencies contribute.
Organizations holding observer status:
- G-XG8240 - Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA);
- E-XF0251 - American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC);
- B-XB0054 - Amnesty International (AI);
- G-XQ5412 - Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO);
- F-XF1846 - CARE International (CI);
- B-XB0216 - Caritas Internationalis (CI);
- F-XF0493 - Catholic Relief Services (CRS);
- G-XN0993 - Center for Migration Studies, New York (CMS);
- G-XG5493 - Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM);
- G-XG0563 - Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia;
- F-XF5923 - Femmes Africa solidarité (FAS);
- F-XF0136 - Food for the Hungry (fh);
- E-XC0983 - Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC);
- G-XJ9579 - The Hague Institute for Global Justice (The Hague Institute);
- G-XG4079 - HIAS;
- F-XF2418 - Human Rights Watch (HRW);
- B-XB1457 - International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC);
- F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);
- A-XA1771 - International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW);
- A-XA1762 - International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA);
- B-XB2907 - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
- G-XE1513 - International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO);
- B-XB2322 - International Organisation of Employers (IOE);
- F-XF0054 - International Rescue Committee (IRC);
- C-XC2469 - International Social Service (ISS);
- A-XM2085 - International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC);
- U-XN4376 - Japan International Friendship and Welfare Foundation (JIFF);
- E-XK0348 - Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS);
- B-XB2937 - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF);
- F-XF6289 - Migrants Rights International (MRI);
- G-XG4610 - Niwano Peace Foundation;
- G-XG0728 - Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC);
- 'Paulino Torras Domènech Foundation';
- G-XG2864 - Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA);
- G-XG0367 - Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF);
- E-XM1931 - Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN);
- G-XG1362 - Partage - avec les enfants du monde (Partage);
- F-XD5552 - SOLIDAR;
- R-XR4374 - Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta;
- G-XG2792 - Tolstoy Foundation (TF);
- U-XU2034 - United Ukrainian American Relief Committee;
- B-XB3501 - World Council of Churches (WCC).
Member of: D-XM0413 - Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations (AHRMIO); F-XJ8594 - Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities Network (CDAC Network); F-XN4518 - European Policy Centre (EPC); U-XJ4858 - Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA); F-XJ7243 - learn4dev. Associate member of: C-XC0946 - Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA). Institutional member of: E-XF2989 - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Observer to: ICRC; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; F-XF2405 - International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Instrumental in setting up: E-XE2391 - International Centre for Migration, Health and Development (ICMHD). Participates in: S-XS0205 - Encuentro Latinoamericano de Informatica e Industrias de Información (ELAII). Partner of: F-XF1011 - Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA); U-XJ3713 - AIDS and Mobility Europe (A and M); E-XJ5845 - Global Health Cluster (GHC). Cooperates with: F-XM3894 - Fundación Henry Dunant América Latina (FuHD - AL). Supports: G-XG4367 - Ockenden International. Also links with:
- G-XD1728 - Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA);
- U-XF3934 - Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN);
- F-XD3151 - Association coopérative financière des fonctionnaires internationaux (AMFIE);
- D-XD6202 - Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group (AUGM);
- G-XG2524 - Bread for the World Institute (BFW Institute);
- E-XF2989 - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS);
- D-XD0276 - Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME);
- F-XF2696 - European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE);
- C-XC0946 - Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA);
- F-XF4069 - Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW);
- E-XE3845 - Global Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers;
- E-XE2443 - International Catholic Migration Commission - Europe (ICMC - Europe);
- U-XF7722 - International Cooperative University (ICU);
- F-XG9038 - International Eurasia-Press Fund (IEPF);
- C-XC4269 - International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL);
- F-XF6230 - Metropolis International;
- U-XG7010 - Internews International;
- G-XG5528 - Japan International Volunteer Centre (JVC);
- D-XD0360 - Latin American Association for Human Rights;
- F-XF4991 - Refugee Council;
- G-XG0382 - Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford (RSC).
Links indicated by:
- D-XD9929 - amfori;
- C-XC1267 - International Association of Conference Translators (AITC);
- U-XG8090 - Association of Refugees and Displaced Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- F-XJ0398 - Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA);
- G-XM0647 - Dzeno Association;
- G-XM3156 - Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights;
- D-XD1435 - The European Law Students' Association (ELSA);
- F-XF4766 - European Services Forum (ESF);
- G-XM2278 - Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN);
- U-XN8889 - Humanitarianism and War Project;
- B-XD5913 - International Association of Prosecutors (IAP);
- F-XF4147 - International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES);
- F-XF6230 - Metropolis International;
- G-XG3962 - Italian Council for Refugees;
- D-XM1643 - La Strada International (LSI);
- F-XF6799 - Pacific Immigration Directors' Conference (PIDC);
- U-XF7319 - Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People;
- E-XE3630 - Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO);
- F-XF6027 - Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC);
- F-XF5082 - Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh Foundation);
- E-XE3003 - United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT);
- G-XN4624 - Verband Binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften;
- C-XC0019 - World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES).
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