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Lea Matheson<\/p><\/div>\n
Senior Adviser<\/span>\u00a0| Migration and Humanitarian Issues<\/span><\/h3>\nLea Matheson is a senior adviser on migration and humanitarian issues in the Office of the President of the 73rd<\/sup> Session of the Â鶹APP General Assembly. During the 72nd<\/sup> Session of the UN General Assembly, she served as\u00a0a senior adviser on migration to the President. She joins the Office of the President on secondment from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).<\/p>\nWith over 15 years with IOM, Lea has served in a variety of positions, including Deputy Permanent Observer in New York and Senior Humanitarian Policy Adviser at IOM Headquarters in Geneva.\u00a0She was also part of the team of the Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. Lea’s policy focus is on migration and humanitarian affairs, with particular concern for migrant and internally displaced people (IDPs), elections and humanitarian response, as well as the reform process.<\/p>\n
She co-founded and was the first co-chair for the\u00a0Global Camp Coordination\/Camp Management Cluster, which strengthened\u00a0response to displaced populations worldwide.\u00a0She has also worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Â鶹APP, and worked in several field locations including the Sudan, Iraq, Timor Leste, Kosovo, Croatia and Egypt.<\/p>\n
Lea is a Canadian national and holds a Bachelors of Arts and a Masters of Arts in History and Political Science from Brock University and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n
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With over 15 years with IOM, Lea has served in a variety of positions, including Deputy Permanent Observer in New York and Senior Humanitarian Policy Adviser at IOM Headquarters in Geneva.\u00a0She was also part of the team of the Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. Lea’s policy focus is on migration and humanitarian affairs, with particular concern for migrant and internally displaced people (IDPs), elections and humanitarian response, as well as the reform process.<\/p>\n
She co-founded and was the first co-chair for the\u00a0Global Camp Coordination\/Camp Management Cluster, which strengthened\u00a0response to displaced populations worldwide.\u00a0She has also worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Â鶹APP, and worked in several field locations including the Sudan, Iraq, Timor Leste, Kosovo, Croatia and Egypt.<\/p>\n
Lea is a Canadian national and holds a Bachelors of Arts and a Masters of Arts in History and Political Science from Brock University and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n
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