{"id":28440,"date":"2026-02-20T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/?post_type=news-pr&#038;p=28440"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:21:35","slug":"welcome-to-iom-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"news-pr","link":"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/?news-pr=welcome-to-iom-switzerland","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to IOM Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IOM Switzerland Coordination Office started operations in 1994 with the signing of an MoU with the Swiss Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) (<a href=\"https:\/\/switzerland.iom.int\">https:\/\/switzerland.iom.int<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the IOM Chief of Mission (Coordination Office for Switzerland and Liechtenstein) attended the \u201cfirst stone\u201d ceremony for the renovation work on the OTIF building. In August 2025, the OTIF Secretariat moved back into the renovated OTIF headquarters building. 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