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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 1d

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 👍🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇵🇰 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

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇵🇰 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 👏🏻🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇯🇵🤝🇵🇰 #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。🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇳🇱🤝🇵🇰 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.

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇵🇰 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.

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇵🇰 #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 🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 6d

🇵🇰 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.

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 8d

🇺🇳 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

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 10d

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 🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 10d

🇮🇷 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 👏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 10d

🇮🇷 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.

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 10d

🇧🇩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 👋

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 11d

🇧🇩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 🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 11d

🇮🇷 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.

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 12d

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 🧡

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 12d

#バングラデシュの🇯🇵日本大使館の高橋直樹公使らを表敬し、2017年から続く #IOM Bangladeshの #ロヒンギャ難民と地元コミュニティへの支援に対する日本政府からの財政支援に深い謝意を表しました。

#国際移住機関 IOMは、気候変動対策や労働移民支援も含め、同国への包括的な人道・開発支援に尽力してまいります。

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 13d

Glad to meet with #Australia’s Ambassador to #Bangladesh H.E. Susan Ryle. #IOM in Bangladesh is grateful for 🇦🇺’s vital support to IOM’s life-saving work for #Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar🙏🏻
Looking forward to deepening our partnership, also on border governance, anti-human trafficking, and more!

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 13d

Honored to call on 🇰🇷Republic of #Korea Ambassador to 🇧🇩 #Bangladesh H.E. Park Young-sik in Dhaka. #IOM Bangladesh is grateful for #ROK’s vital assistance for IOM’s life-saving aid for #Rohingya including for water, sanitation & hygiene #WASH, #LPG, and also for host communities in Cox’s Bazar🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you 🇮🇹 #Italy’s Ambassador to 🇧🇩 #Bangladesh H.E. Antonio Alessandro for an inspiring meeting, discussing ways to strengthen partnerships, from safe #migration, to dignified return & reintegration, border governance, human trafficking, migration data, climate action, and the Rohingya response 🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 13d

🇧🇩 Glad to meet 🇪🇺 #EuropeanUnion Ambassador to #Bangladesh H.E. Michael Miller in Dhaka. I thanked #EU for strong partnership with #IOM Bangladesh in advancing regular labor mobility pathways, data-driven #migration governance, and EU’s vital support for the #Rohingya response 🙏🏻

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 13d

Pleased to reconnect with 🇪🇺 #EuropeanUnion Ambassador to #ASEAN H.E. Sujiro Seam in Bangkok — we worked closely in the Pacific.

I look forward to deepening #EU-#IOM partnership in the ASEAN region on Migration, Business & Human Rights agenda, #ClimateMobility, #HumanitarianAction, #GCM 👍🏻

Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 13d

🇧🇩 Whilst in Dhaka, I had a pleasure of calling on Ms Aleya Akter, Secretary of Statistics and Informatics Division. #IOM in Bangladesh is supporting #SID & #Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics #BBS on #migration #data system, National Migration Data Policy, #SVRS, disaster displacement data, etc. 🙏🏻

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IOM Asia Pacific @roasiapacific.iom.int · 14d

Today, @iorikatoun.bsky.social met EU Amb to ASEAN Sujiro Seam, to discuss our shared vision in supporting ASEAN members states in

🌏climate migration
🧑‍🏭👷‍♀️labour mobility
🤝business and human rights

and the implementation the 🌐Global Compact for Migration, leaving no one behind.

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Iori Kato🇺🇳IOM @iorikatoun.bsky.social · 19d

🇧🇩 Returned to #CoxsBazar after 7 years. #Bangladesh continues to host 1.2 million #Rohingya with compassion🙏🏻

Yet hope is fading as funding declines. Rohingya ask not for charity—but for safety, dignity & a future.

We must not look away.

#IOM #refugees #Myanmar

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#coxsbazar #bangladesh #rohingya #myanmar | Iori Kato

🇧🇩 A Return to #CoxsBazar: We Must Not Look Away Returning to Cox’s Bazar this week after 7 years — now as IOM Asia Pacific Regional Director — was profoundly personal. Having served in #Bangladesh f...

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