History
of Agency in the World and Iran
The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is an intergovernmental
organization established in 1951 with its mandate to manage migration and
migration related issues throughout the world. International Organization for
Migration 125 member and 94 observers including 18 states and 76 global and
regional IGOs and NGOs, more than 430 field locations around the world. The
most important activities of the organization are focused in two sectors,
services and program and policy development, within the framework of five
principal areas. These are migration and development, facilitating migration,
regulating migration, forced migration and its cross-cutting areas (technical
cooperation, research, international migration law, decision making and policy
development issues, migrants rights, health and
migration and migration and gender).
IOM
started its activities in Iran in July 1990 by focusing on evacuation of third
country nationals caught in the Iraq-Kuwait conflict. By the end of 2000, IOM,
jointly with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), repatriated
approximately 370,000 Afghan nationals voluntarily to Afghanistan.
The
Islamic Republic of Iran had joined IOM as an observer in 1995. Iran was
accepted as a full member in IOM Governors Council in 2001. Since 2004, IOM has
changed its refugee-oriented approach and adopted a guiding
program/policy-oriented approach with the purpose of assisting Iran in
migration management issues and tackling the new challenges the country is
exposed to.
Priorities
Globally and in Iran
IOMs
mandate is based on the belief that orderly human migration benefits all,
including governments and societies. The activity areas of the organization
include:
Technical cooperation in migration management;
Counter trafficking/smuggling;
Labor migration;
Health and migration;
Voluntary return and reintegration, and
Facilitated movement services.
Main
projects/activities in Iran
In
order for the Islamic Republic of Iran to benefit from international
experiences in the area of migration management, IOM emphasizes the promotion
of quality management potential and the perpetuation of broad-based strategies.
To this end, the following activities have been undertaken:
Technical cooperation with the government entities of the I.R. Iran in the area
of migration management and policy development;
Combating irregular migration, including human trafficking and smuggling;
Labor migration;
Voluntary return and reintegration;
Cooperation in border management, and
Development of national and regional migration policies and strategies.
*Note: While not part of the United
Nations at the headquarters level, the International Organization for Migration
operates as a member of the UN Country Team in its member states.
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