Morocco: First Contributor to IOM Resilience Fund
"We are proud to announce that Morocco has made an exceptional voluntary contribution to the newly launched IOM Resilience Fund, becoming the first member state to do so," she stated in a message shared on social media.
This initiative aims to mobilize USD 100 million in flexible funding to support IOM's essential humanitarian operations and emergency responses for migrants and displaced populations.
"Morocco's support helps ensure IOM remains agile, accountable, and ready to deliver for people on the move, wherever and whenever it's needed most," the UN official emphasized.
According to Ms. Pope, Morocco's contribution fully reflects the objectives of the Resilience Fund campaign: to mobilize flexible and unearmarked resources that allow IOM to respond swiftly to crises, strengthen its field operations, and future-proof its core capacities, from emergency response to protection and counter-trafficking.
All of this is aimed at "maximizing positive impact where it matters most: on the ground," she added.
This unearmarked fund will be used to finance protection, anti-trafficking, and direct humanitarian assistance activities in crisis areas.
With this initial contribution, "Morocco reaffirms its leadership in global migration governance and solidarity with vulnerable communities on the move," underlined Ms. Pope.
Morocco has been a member state of the IOM since 1998 and plays an active role in the organization's governing bodies, particularly through the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, adopted in December 2018 in Marrakech.
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