IOM Director General William Lacy Swing yesterday met Ambassador
Dharar Abdul-Razzak Razzooqi, Kuwait's Permanent Representative at
the Organization's headquarters in Geneva.

During the meeting, Ambassador Razzooqi handed over a cheque for
USD 200,000 in an annual gesture of voluntary support and
recognition of IOM's global humanitarian activities.

"Helping humanitarian causes is not only the duty of the State
of Kuwait but a long tradition linked to the history of the Kuwaiti
people," said Ambassador Dharar Abdul-Razzak Razzooqi.  "This
contribution is in recognition of the excellent work done by the
International Organization of Migration and its staff worldwide in
helping vulnerable persons."

IOM Director General William Lacy Swing thanked Ambassador
Dharar Abdul-Razzak Razzooqi and said that "IOM welcomes Kuwait's
continued financial support for its humanitarian activities" 
and added that "this contribution further strengthens IOM's
partnership with the State of Kuwait." 

This is the sixth year that Kuwait has given such a voluntary
contribution to IOM. 

For further information, please contact:

Redouane Saadi

IOM Geneva

Tel: +41 22 717 92 31

E-mail: "mailto:rsaadi@iom.int">rsaadi@iom.int