Special Liaison Offices

Two Field Offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and New York, United States of America, responsible for liaison with multilateral bodies are designated as Special Liaison Offices. A brief description of their functions is outlined below.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Maintains and strengthens IOM's relations with the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, diplomatic missions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by contributing to their understanding of migration issues and facilitating regional policy dialogues on migration. The Office contributes to improved understanding of IOM's mandate and cooperation with relevant multilateral stakeholders.

New York, United States of America. Seeks to strengthen IOM's relations with the United Nations, diplomatic missions and NGOs by contributing to their understanding of migration issues, facilitating international policy dialogues on migration and by bringing attention to migration-related implications in other policy debates on issues ranging from peace and security to human and sustainable development to humanitarian response. It contributes to the political, social, economic and humanitarian debate and action on migration and human mobility within the multilateral framework of international dialogue and cooperation with the United Nations. It also helps to strengthen liaison with the United Nations administration, through participation in appropriate United Nations policy and operational inter-agency information sharing and coordination mechanisms, pursuing modalities for enhanced cooperation between IOM and the United Nations and enhancing programmatic collaboration with relevant United Nations bodies. In this regard, the Office coordinates, guides and advises the Organization and its offices worldwide on policies, programming and funding with respect to a wide range of multi-donor trust funds based in New York.