NAME Irena Omelaniuk

NATIONALITY Australian

DATE OF BIRTH 21 February 1949

EDUCATION

1971 Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Queensland,

Australia

1974 Master of Arts (German Studies), University of Queensland,

Australia

1982 Ph.D. (German Studies), University of Queensland, Australia

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2000 - Director, Migration Management Services, IOM Geneva

1998 . July, 2000 Chief of Mission, IOM Bonn/Berlin, Germany

1994 - 1998 Chief of Division of Planning, Migration for Development

and Technical Cooperation Programmes,

Headquarters, Geneva

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

1990 - 1994 Counsellor and Regional Director for North America

(Immigration)

Embassy of Australia

Washington D.C. , USA

1990 Director, Temporary Residence Procedures

Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Australia

1987 - 1990 First Secretary (Immigration)

Embassy of Australia

Mexico City

1983 - 1987 Various Policy and Management positions in the

Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Australia.