IOM 

UN MIGRATION 

LETTER OF UNDERTAKING TO THE AUSTRALIAN LEBANESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (ALMA) 

To the Australian Lebanese Medical Association: 

1) IOM is firmly committed to the IOM Standards of Conduct and has a zero–tolerance towards irregular practices, wrongdoing, and misconduct, including but not limited to financial maipractice, impropriety or fraud, failure to comply with rules, regulations or policies, criminal activity, professional malpractice, improper conduct or unethical behavior, conflict of interest without disclosure, waste of resources, abuse of authority, corruption and mismanagement. 

2) IOM uses reasonable efforts to avoid aid diversion and ensure that no resources are made available or used to provide support to individuals or entities associated with terrorism which are named on the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List (UNSC List), as may be amended, and ensure that funds are used in the manner which they were intended and by the persons to whom they were directed. 

3) As per IOM’s Procurement Manual, IOM’s vendor eligibility requirements include the 

following: 

a) They are not suspended or in any other way excluded by IOM. 

b) They are not included in the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List. 

c) They are not included in the United Nations Ineligibility List, which is the aggregated list of sanctioned/suspended vendors maintained by United Nations organizations, a central roster hosted and maintained confidentially by the United Nations Global Marketplace. 

4) IOM expects all vendors who wish to do business with the Organization to comply with the United Nations Supplier Code of Conduct. As part of vendor registration and the eligibility assessment of implementing partners, each prospective vendor or implementing partner is required to complete a Declaration of Conformity certifying adherence to the highest ethical standards and attesting that they are not on any of the sanctions lists above or any other sanctions list. IOM’s relevant agreement templates include a specific provision whereby vendors and implementing partners warrant that they are not included in the most recent Consolidated United Nations Security Council List, nor they are the subject of any sanctions or other temporary suspension and will disclose to IOM if they become subject to any sanction or temporary suspension during the term of engagement with IOM. 

5) Implementing partners working with IOM are subject to a due diligence assessment. Such assessment will typically cover the areas of governance, external engagement, and influence; programmatic capacity; operational capacity; financial capacity and accounting system; procurement and supply chain capacity. 

6) Also, where IOM contracts with vendors or implementing partners, aid diversion is dealt with through the contract provisions that prohibit fraud and other irregular practices, as well as adherence to ethical standards. IOM treats fraud as material breach of contract, and in such event, IOM can terminate the contract and recover damages. 

7) Depending on the context and circumstances under which activities are implemented, IOM may take additional safeguards and risk mitigation measures to ensure that the funds are used for the intended purpose. To this end and in relation to its partnership with ALMA, IOM will ensure that no political party or group in Lebanon will have access to donated goods. All goods will be received by IOM to be distributed directly or through previously vetted implementing parties as above. 

8) IOM activities are also regularly monitored during the implementation of the project. 

Sincerely, 

Mathieu Luciano, 

IOM Head of Office 

Beirut, 8 October 2024