Office of International Organization for Migration Director General’s Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuela Situation
The Office of International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General's Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuela Situation (OSE) is based in Panama City, Panama, and leads the coordination and operational oversight for 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean operating under the framework of the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP), while serving as co-lead with UNHCR of the Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V).    The office provides support to national  platforms and assists country offices in terms of information management, communications, and resource mobilization related to the response to Venezuela. OSE is also responsible for political liaison and co-leads the Technical Secretariat of the Quito Process, together with UNHCR.    In November 2019, Diego Beltrand was appointed Special Envoy of the Director-General for the Regional Response to the Situation in Venezuela. Mr Beltrand is responsible for political liaison, implementation, response monitoring and fundraising under the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP), as well as other activities related to IOM's response. He also co-chairs the Regional Inter -Agency Coordination Platform with UNHCR. History. The Office of the Director General's Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuela Situation (OSE) was established in 2019 to coordinate IOM's response to the Venezuelan Situation in response to the UN Secretary General's request to IOM and UNHCR to co-lead the regional interagency response. In the same year, Dr. Eduardo Stein was appointed by the IOM Director General and the UNHCR High Commissioner as the UNHCR-IOM Special Joint Representative for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants. Geographic coverage. The geographic coverage of the OSE includes the following 17  countries: For all activities and strategies linked to the response to refugees and migrants from Venezuela, OSE works in close coordination and partnership with IOM country offices in Latin America and the Caribbean region, including the Panama Administrative Center (PAC) and the Regional Offices for South America in Buenos Aires, and for Central and North America and the Caribbean in San José.