During 8-12 April DG Pope made her first trip as DG to Ukraine. Her agenda consisted of high-level meetings with President Zelenskyy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, and the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko. The DG signed renewed bilateral cooperation agreements with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy. She also visited project sites in Mykolaiv, Odesa and Bucha, hosted a donor briefing, and engaged with international and national press.

On 21st and 22nd May, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted its 2024 International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) in New York, centered around how to create more and better opportunities for people to move in a regular and beneficial way as part of a comprehensive approach to human mobility.  For two days, Member States, migrants, the UN system, various international organizations, civil society, youth leaders, private sector, academia and other key stakeholders explored innovative, evidence-based policy solutions for regular pathways for migration. 

A compilation of images captured on Mexico's northern border with the United States during the process of finalizing Title 42 in the states of Baja California and Mexico, offering a visual view of events in this border region.

On Monday 15 May 2023, the Member States of the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Migration Agency, elected Ms. Amy E. Pope as its next Director General during the 6th Special Session of the IOM Council. Established in 1951, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. IOM is part of the United Nations system, as a related organization. The Director General-elect Pope, who began her appointment as IOM’s Deputy Director General for Management and Reform in September 2021, was nominated by the United States of America. The incumbent Director…

In Mid-June 2022, Pakistan witnessed extreme flooding which damaged more than 1.14 million houses and over 765,000 houses have been destroyed across the country. An estimated 33 million people across the country have been impacted by the floods.