The Deputy Director General of the International Organization for
Migration (IOM), Ndioro Ndiaye today met members of the African
Group to brief them on her accomplishments on the African continent
during her two five-year terms as Deputy Director General for the
Organization.

In the course of her meeting with a group of Ambassadors and
representatives from 28 African countries, the Deputy Director
General outlined the issues she has championed based on the mandate
given to her by the IOM Member States, many of them from the
developing world.

Key among these, the Deputy Director General explained, was the
Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA) programme which has
received accolades in recent years for being an effective means
through which to address developing countries' human resource
needs.

The introduction of the 1035 Facility in 2000 by the Deputy
Director General to ensure a timely response to urgent capacity
building needs of IOM developing Member States and Member States
with economies in transition was also highlighted.

Also covered in the Deputy Director General's remarks were the
contributions she has made to strengthening institutional
partnerships with regional African organizations and with the
United Nations, her support to thematic areas of the Organization's
work such as gender, human trafficking, and operations in
post-conflict and post crisis environments.

Finally, the increase in membership of African countries to the
Organization from nine in 1999 to thirty-eight in 2009 was
noted.

The Ambassadors and other representatives of the African Group
were unanimous in their appreciation of the Deputy Director
General’s successful efforts in bringing to the fore issues
of concern to the continent in the sphere of migration, and
expressed the hope that her successor would not lose sight of the
urgency of Africa's migration management challenges.