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Polity Timeline

1900-01-01:

Permanent International Peace Bureau : PIPB

(Berne)

-   INTERNATIONAL BUREAU

1912-12-31:

International Peace Bureau : IPB

(Berne)

-   INTERNATIONAL BUREAU

1920-01-02:

International Peace Bureau : IPB

(Berne)

-   INTERNATIONAL BUREAU

1921-08-15:

League of Nations High Commission for REFUGEES

(Berne)

-   REFUGEES

1931-04-01:

Nansen International Office for REFUGEES

(Berne)

-   REFUGEES

1939-01-01:

High Commission for REFUGEES under the Protection of the League of Nations

(Berne)

-   REFUGEES

1939-12-11:

High Commission for REFUGEES under the Protection of the League of Nations

(Berne)

-   REFUGEES

1945-04-01:

High Commission for REFUGEES under the Protection of the League of Nations

(Berne)

-   REFUGEES

1946-12-07:

International Refugee Organization : IRO Specialized Agency

(Geneva)

-   IRO

1951-12-05:

Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe : PICMME

(Geneva)

-   PICMME

1989-11-14:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-   MIGRATION

2010-11-29:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-   MIGRATION

2012-11-27:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-   MIGRATION

1951-12-05:

Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe : PICMME

(Geneva)

-   PICMME

1989-11-14:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-   MIGRATION

2010-11-29:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-   MIGRATION

2012-11-27:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-   MIGRATION

1951-12-05:

Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe : PICMME

(Geneva)

-    DG Hugh Gibson (us)          (DG Hugh Gibson (us))

1954-12-13:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    Interregnum          (Interregnum)

1955-05-03:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    DG Harold Tittman Jr (us)          (DG Harold H. Tittman Jr (us))

1958-05-14:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    DG Marcus Daly (us)          (DG Marcus Daly (us))

1961-10-04:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    Interregnum          (Interregnum)

1961-10-27:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    DG Bastiaan Haveman (nl)          (DG Bastiaan W. Haveman (nl))

1969-02-09:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    Interregnum          (Interregnum)

1969-02-14:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    DG John Thomas (us)          (DG John F. Thomas (us))

1979-03-01:

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration : ICEM

(Geneva)

-    DG James Carlin (us)          (DG James L. Carlin (us))

1988-10-01:

Intergovernmental Committee for Migration : ICM

(Geneva)

-    DG James Purcell Jr (us)          (DG James Purcell Jr (us))

1998-10-01:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-    DG Brunson McKinley (us)          (DG Brunson McKinley (us))

2008-10-01:

International Organization for Migration : IOM

(Geneva)

-    DG William Lacy Swing (us)          (DG William Lacy Swing (us))

2018-10-01:

International Organization for Migration : IOM Specialized Agency

(Geneva)

-    DG Antonio Vitorino (pt)          (DG António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino (pt))

2023-10-01:

International Organization for Migration : IOM Specialized Agency

(Geneva)

-    DG Amy Elizabeth Pope (us)          (DG Amy Elizabeth Pope (us))

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