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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM
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🇺🇳 #IOM Regional Director for #Asia & #Pacific, promoting safe, orderly and regular #migration for all
Grateful to Asian Development Bank Deputy Director General for Central & West Asia, Mr Yong Ye, for a productive exchange on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and beyond. Looking forward to deepening #ADB - #IOM partnership for greater impact in the region! 🙏🏻
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🇳🇴🤝🇵🇭 Honored to meet #Norway Ambassador to the #Philippines H.E. Christian Halaas Lyster. Deep gratitude to #Norwegian support to #IOM Philippines, from advancing peace in #BARMM, to innovations in disaster preparedness and response — which did save lives in recent #Typhoons!🙏🏻
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Grateful to 🇰🇷 #KOICA #Philippines Country Director Mr. Young Sun Jung and his team for our fruitful meeting.

With KOICA’s steadfast support, #IOM Philippines is strengthening health systems and saving lives in #BARMM, contributing to peace, resilience and hope for the future 🙏🏻
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🇵🇭 マニラ出張の際に 🇯🇵 #JICA フィリピン事務所を訪問し、馬場隆所長らと意見交換する機会をいただきました。
包摂性の高い経済成長、人材育成、特にミンダナオにおける脆弱性の縮減や社会サービスの向上といったJICAの優先分野で、 #IOM #国際移住機関 との連携強化を模索させていただきました。🙏🏻
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🇵🇭 First visit to #Mindanao since 2020.
Inspired by #JPSC #JPSTs, women-led livelihood activities, and #IDP families finally returning home. Fruitful meetings with #BARMM Ministers🙏🏻
With support from #Japan #KOICA and others, #IOM Philippines is turning mobility into resilience & peace dividends👍🏻
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🇵🇭 #フィリピン の 🇯🇵日本大使館を訪れ、遠藤和也大使に表敬。 #ミンダナオ #バンサモロ の平和構築、移民・避難民への支援などに尽力する #IOM #国際移住機関 フィリピン事務所に対する日本政府からの温かい財政支援に深く感謝申し上げました。🙏🏻
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🇵🇭 Standing in an evacuation center in Albay with #IOM #Philippines Chief Tristan Burnett 3 days after Super #Typhoon #Uwan, I was reminded of the #resilience of the Filipino people and the urgency for solidarity & support to prevent #displacement.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🇵🇭 Delighted to be back in the #Philippines after 5 years, and grateful to meet with #IOM Philippines’ main counterpart Dept of Foreign Affairs ASec for #Migration Affairs, Amb. Ezzedin H. Tago🙏🏻

IOM appreciates Philippines’ leadership as a #GCM Champion, advancing safe, orderly, regular migration.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#GenderBasedViolence #GBV affects 1 in 3 women globally — and risks rise for migrants & displaced persons.
At the GBV workshop in Bangkok, I thanked #IOM colleagues & partners for their courage & dedication.
We must strengthen protection, empower survivors, and invest more in ending violence.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Pleased to join #IOM Sri Lanka & Maldives COM Kristin Parco in opening #ColomboProcess Joint TAWG Meetings in Bangkok.

CP members as labor sending countries in Asia continue to lead on joint advocacy and actions for ethical recruitment, skills mobility, minimum wages, for migrants’ empowerment 👍🏻
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🇵🇰 Grateful to interact with #IOM colleagues in #Pakistan at Islamabad & Lahore - their tireless work alongside the Government & people of Pakistan reflects the #UN migration agency IOM’s commitment to supporting the country’s inclusive development through a migration & human mobility lens.
#GCM
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🇵🇰 Inspired to visit #IOM Pakistan’s clinic in Lahore and programmes in Islamabad supporting #migrants & refugees through health and psychosocial support, and movement assistance.

IOM teams are helping people rebuild confidence and hope as they begin new chapters in life 👏🏻🙏🏻
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🇯🇵🤝🇵🇰 #パキスタン 出張中に、赤松秀一・日本大使を表敬。両国の関係の歴史や現状、パキスタンやアジアの今後の展望などについて見識をうかがいました。
同国の国境管理能力の強化プロジェクトなどを含め、日本政府から #IOM #国際移住機関 への厚い支援に改めて感謝いたします。🙏🏻
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🇳🇱🤝🇵🇰 Honored to meet with H.E. Robert-Jan Siegert, #Netherlands’ Ambassador to #Pakistan.

I appreciated the #Dutch government’s chairpersonship at #SSAR CG, and its generous support to #IOM in Pakistan, especially for Afghans and host communities, advancing their resilience building.
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🇵🇰 Glad to once again meet Ms Aamena Aly Kamal, now Member Development Communication of #Pakistan’s Planning Ministry.

We explored ways for #IOM to contribute to further integrating #migration & human mobility into inclusive, evidence-based, and resilient national & local development plans.
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🇵🇰 #Pakistan is among the world’s top 10 labor-sending countries, with remittances fueling socio-economic growth.

I had a pleasure of meeting with Hon. Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary of MOPHRD, as #IOM values our partnership to promote regular #migration pathways and #migrants’ protection 🙏🏻
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🇵🇰 Honored to call on #Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Special Secretary for #UnitedNations, Amb. Nabeel Munir. Grateful for Pakistan’s enduring partnership with #IOM in advancing safe, orderly and regular #migration for all.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🇺🇳 This weekend I joined #IOM Pakistan in the UNCT event in 🇵🇰Lahore with thousands of people to commemorate 80 years of #UnitedNations 👍🏻

We in IOM, one of the UN’s newest members, stand with “the peoples” for their hope, dignity, inclusion, and peace, leaving no one behind.

#UN80
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Honored to call on 🇯🇵 #Japan Ambassador to 🇮🇷 #Iran, H.E. Tamaki Tsukada, appreciating Japan’s support to #IOM in Iran 🙏🏻

Amb. Tsukada organized a round-table with resident diplomats & UN agencies at his Embassy. Insightful dialogue on migration dynamics and support to Afghan refugees & migrants 🙏🏻
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🇮🇷 In Yazd, I witnessed #IOM Iran’s cooperation with BAFIA for Afghan refugees & migrants, with 🇪🇺 #EU 🇮🇹 #Italy funding support - construct classrooms, renovate multi-purpose center, install lights at sport field.

Every investment in education & health is a step towards dignity, resilience, hope 👏🏻
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🇮🇷 Glad to meet with Hon. President of the Iranian #RedCrescent Society in Tehran, to explore ways to strengthen our partnership on disaster preparedness & response.
From floods to earthquakes, #IOM in #Iran is committed to joined up efforts to protect the vulnerable including #migrants.
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🇧🇩A fruitful exchange with 🇺🇳 #UN Bangladesh Country Team. Grateful for the collaboration and shared commitment to advancing #migration governance, refugee response, climate action in #Bangladesh. Bade farewell to the outgoing RC Gwyn Lewis 👋
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🇧🇩Whilst in Dhaka & Cox’s Bazar, I was immensely grateful and inspired to spend time with #IOM #Bangladesh dedicated colleagues. Your unwavering commitment to serve #migrants, #Rohingya refugees, and the other displaced, despite the increasing challenges, is admirable. Thank you for all that you do 🙏🏻
October 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🇮🇷 Honored to meet senior officials from #IOM Iran’s main government counterparts at Foreign Affairs, CAFIA, Yazd BAFIA. Appreciated #Iran ’s decades of hospitality to Afghan migrants & refugees, and reaffirmed IOM’s commitment to mobilizing global solidarity and strengthening #migration governance.
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Glad to reconnect with my former colleagues at #UNFPA in #Bangladesh - brought back many fond memories of shared commitment, laughter, and purpose, working together towards #SRHR and dignity of women, adolescents, youth, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable people 🧡
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM