The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Co-Chair of the State Commission on Migration Issues Ms. Nino Tsatsiashvili attended the presentation of the United Nations (UN) Network on Migration.
The Migration Network ensures the coordinated activities of the UN structural units (RCO, IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF, UN WOMEN, UNDP, ILO, UNFPA, etc.) and communication with the relevant structures.
The aim of this network is to exchange constantly information on migration activities and trends among its members, to deepen cooperation with the State Commission on Migration issues, Georgian state agencies, international and non-governmental organizations, as well as effective support of the Georgian Government in implementing Migration Strategy. The coordinator of the network is the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The United Nations Resident Coordinator to Georgia Dr. Sabine Machl has delivered a speech at the online meeting. Chief of Mission IOM Georgia Ms. Sanja Celebic Lukovac, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Co-Chair of the State Commission on Migration issues Ms. Nino Tsatsiashvili, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms. Khatuna Totladze also delivered a speech at the meeting.
The parties underlined the importance of international cooperation in the sphere of migration.