Today, December 18, is International Migrants Day. Greece marks this day on the calendar by celebrating the contributions and opportunities of Migration. At the same time, we reaffirm our commitment to bolster the protection of human rights, we...
On December 5th, the United Nations Secretary-General presented the 2024 report on the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). The report outlined progress, challenges and recommendations to advance GCM commitments and improve...
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, This is the sixth occasion on which I have addressed the United Nations General Assembly as Greece’s Prime Minister. But it is the first in which I stand before you as the leader of a country which is an incoming...
Today, a Host Country Agreement between Greece and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was signed in Athens, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. George Gerapetritis and IOM Director General, Ms Amy Pope. The...
Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis’ addresses the Center for European Studies at Harvard University in Boston and draws attention to five major challenges: the climate crisis, aggression at a global scale, the management of migration,...