The Department of Media and Communications (DMC) provides strategic advice and support on media and communications issues to IOM Headquarters, and regional and country offices worldwide. 

The media team responds to press inquiries to HQ, briefs Geneva-based international media during twice-weekly press conferences at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva, and represents IOM to the United Nations Information Service in Geneva and the UN’s Department of Global Communications in New York. 

It manages all news releases and feature content disseminated on the Organization’s global digital platforms including the trilingual website administered by DMC’s Online Communications Unit in Manila, and its global social media accounts. Its Manila team provides editorial/harmonization guidance and technical support to IOM’s network of regional and country-office websites, IOM-branded external websites and select project websites, and manages the Organization’s publicly accessible audio-visual media library. 

For more information, please contact media@iom.int

For more information about IOM’s websites, please contact OCU@iom.int

Headquarters

  • Mohammedali Abunajela
    Mohammedali Abunajela
    Interim Director of the Department of Media and Communications

    Email: mmabunajela@iom.int
    Geneva GMT +2

    Mohammedali Abunajela

    Interim Director of the Department of Media and Communications
  • Kennedy Okoth
    Kennedy Okoth
    Media and Communications Officer, Africa and the Middle East

    Email: kokoth@iom.int
    Tel: +41 22 717 9702 
    Geneva GMT+2

    Kennedy Okoth

    Media and Communications Officer, Africa and the Middle East
  • Amber Christino
    Amber Christino
    Media and Communications Officer, Europe

    Email: achristino@iom.int
    Geneva GMT+2

    Amber Christino

    Media and Communications Officer, Europe
  • Daniela Rovina
    Daniela Rovina
    Media and Communications Officer, Asia and the Americas

    Email: drovina@iom.int
    Geneva GMT+2

    Daniela Rovina

    Media and Communications Officer, Asia and the Americas
  • Chloe Lavau
    Chloe Lavau
    Communications Officer, Migration and Climate Change

    Email: clavau@iom.int
    Geneva GMT+2

    Chloe Lavau

    Communications Officer, Migration and Climate Change
  • Zoe Brennan
    Zoe Brennan
    Strategic Communication Advisor

    Email: zbrennan@iom.int
    Geneva GMT +2

    Zoe Brennan

    Strategic Communication Advisor
  • Marshall Patsanza
    Marshall Patsanza
    Social Media Officer

    Email: mpatsanza@iom.int
    Tel: +41 79 4035526
    Geneva GMT +2

    Marshall Patsanza

    Social Media Officer

Africa & the Middle East

  • Joe Lowry
    Joe Lowry
    Spokesperson and Regional Media and Communications Officer, Regional Office for Middle East & North Africa

    Email: jlowry@iom.int  or media@iom.int
    Tel: +2 0100705 7239
    Mobile: +43 660 377 6404
    Skype: Joelowry
    Cairo GMT +2

    Joe Lowry

    Spokesperson and Regional Media and Communications Officer, Regional Office for Middle East & North Africa
  • Yvonne Ndege
    Yvonne Ndege
    Spokesperson and Regional Media and Communications Officer, Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa

    Email: yndege@iom.int
    Tel: +25 47 97735977
    Twitter: @YvonneNdege 
    Nairobi GMT +3

    Yvonne Ndege

    Spokesperson and Regional Media and Communications Officer, Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa
  • Abibo Ngandu
    Abibo Ngandu
    Regional Media and Communications Officer, IOM Regional Office for Southern Africa

    Email: angandu@iom.int
    Tel: + 27 12 342 2789
    Mobile: +27712451015
    Skype: akedadon
    Pretoria GMT +2

    Abibo Ngandu

    Regional Media and Communications Officer, IOM Regional Office for Southern Africa

Americas

  • Gema Cortés
    Gema Cortés
    Media and Communications Officer, Office of the Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuelan Situation

    Email: marcortes@iom.int
    Tel: + 507 6269 4574
    Panama (GMT - 5)

    Gema Cortés

    Media and Communications Officer, Office of the Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuelan Situation
  • Jorge Gallo
    Jorge Gallo
    Regional Media and Communications Officer, IOM Regional Office for Central, North America and the Caribbean

    Email: jgallo@iom.int
    Tel: +506 2212.5352
    Skype: gallohoyosz
    San José GMT -6

    Jorge Gallo

    Regional Media and Communications Officer, IOM Regional Office for Central, North America and the Caribbean
  • Rahma Gamil Soliman
    Rahma Gamil Soliman
    Media and Communications Officer; IOM Office to the United Nations

    Email: rsoliman@iom.int
    Tel: +1 (212) 681 7000
    Mobile: +1 (917) 515 7454
    New York GMT -5

    Rahma Gamil Soliman

    Media and Communications Officer; IOM Office to the United Nations
  • Stacey Cohan
    Stacey Cohan
    National Communications and Media Relations Officer, IOM UN Migration in Washington D.C.

    Email: scohan@iom.int
    New York, GMT -5

    Stacey Cohan

    National Communications and Media Relations Officer, IOM UN Migration in Washington D.C.

Asia & the Pacific

  • Itayi Viriri
    Itayi Viriri
    Senior Regional Media and Communications Officer, Spokesperson, IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

    Email: iviriri@iom.int 
    Mobile: +66 65 939 0934
    Skype: itayi.viriri
    Bangkok GMT +7

    Itayi Viriri

    Senior Regional Media and Communications Officer, Spokesperson, IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Europe

  • Ryan Schroeder
    Ryan Schroeder
    Senior Media and Communications Officer, Spokesperson - IOM Global Office for the EU in Brussels

    Email: rschroeder@iom.int or media@iom.int 
    Tel: +32 (0) 2 287 71 16
    Mobile: +32 (0) 492 25 02 34
    Brussels GMT +2

    Ryan Schroeder

    Senior Media and Communications Officer, Spokesperson - IOM Global Office for the EU in Brussels
  • Krizia Kaye Viray
    Krizia Kaye Viray
    Media and Communication Officer, IOM Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

    Email: kkviray@iom.int or media@iom.int
    Mobile: +31630960462
    Vienna GMT +1

    Krizia Kaye Viray

    Media and Communication Officer, IOM Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
  • Flavio Di Giacomo
    Flavio Di Giacomo
    Senior Public Information Associate, IOM Coordination Office for the Mediterranean

    Email: fdigiacomo@iom.int or media@iom.int
    Tel: +39 347 089 8996 | +39 06 44 186 207
    Skype: fladig
    Rome GMT +2

    Flavio Di Giacomo

    Senior Public Information Associate, IOM Coordination Office for the Mediterranean
  • Jorge Galindo
    Jorge Galindo
    Communications Officer, Global Data Institute

    Email: jgalindo@iom.int
    Tel: +4915226216775
    Berlin GMT+2

    Jorge Galindo

    Communications Officer, Global Data Institute