【Japan and IOM】 Project for enhancing border management capacity for responding to infectious diseases in Pacific Island Countries (Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia) (17 October 2022)
2022/10/21
1. On 17 October 2022 (CET), Ambassador HONSEI Kozo, Charge d'Affaires a.i., the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva,, and Mr. António VITORINO, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), signed an agreement on a project to provide approximately USD 7.6 million as support for enhancing border management capacity to counter infectious diseases in seven Pacific Island Countries (Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia).
2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific Island countries have taken measures, including closure of their borders, to suppress the spread of the disease. Looking ahead to the post-pandemic situation and revitalizing economic activities, it is important for these countries to develop border management systems that can appropriately respond to public health threats.
3. This Project is designed to provide assistance to the immigration authorities of seven Pacific Island countries in taking measures to prevent infectious diseases, including COVID-19. It does so by providing necessary facilities and equipment, as well as human resource development, in cooperation with IOM. In this way, the Project contributes to the promotion of universal health coverage and economic and social revitalization in these countries.
2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific Island countries have taken measures, including closure of their borders, to suppress the spread of the disease. Looking ahead to the post-pandemic situation and revitalizing economic activities, it is important for these countries to develop border management systems that can appropriately respond to public health threats.
3. This Project is designed to provide assistance to the immigration authorities of seven Pacific Island countries in taking measures to prevent infectious diseases, including COVID-19. It does so by providing necessary facilities and equipment, as well as human resource development, in cooperation with IOM. In this way, the Project contributes to the promotion of universal health coverage and economic and social revitalization in these countries.