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International Organization for Mediation
The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed; simplified Chinese: 国际调解院; traditional Chinese: 國際調解院) is an intergovernmental mediation council for international disputes. It is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The founding members include China, Algeria, Belarus, Cambodia, Djibouti, Indonesia, Laos, Pakistan, Serbia, and Sudan.
According to the government of the People's Republic of China, the establishment of IOMed came out its efforts to mediate a dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan that started with Ethiopia's decision in 2011 to begin work on its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
In October 2022, Ma Xinmin, ambassador of the PRC to the Republic of Sudan, and Ali Al-Sadiq Ali, the acting foreign minister of Sudan, held a signing and handover ceremony for the "Joint Statement on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation" at the Sudan Friendship Hall in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
In December 2022, the Hong Kong Chief Executive in Council enacted the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) (Amendment) Bill 2022 in accordance with the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Ordinance (Chapter 558) of the Laws of Hong Kong, with the purpose of providing privileges and immunities to the Preparatory Office of IOMed and its associated persons, and to allow Hong Kong to host the organisation itself. Hong Kong was chosen as the official headquarters due to its bilingual common law framework—Hong Kong is the only jurisdiction in China that follows common law—and due to the one country, two systems principle, under which Hong Kong has to also work with the civil law of mainland China.
On 16 February 2023, IOMed's Preparatory Office was established with Sun Jin appointed as its director-general and on 17 February 2023, representatives of the signatories of the Joint Statement on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation attended the inauguration ceremony, which Qin Gang, then Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, delivered a video speech.
In early 2024, it was decided that the headquarters of IOMed is to be located at the Old Wan Chai Police Station.
On 30 May 2025, the signing ceremony for the establishment of the organisation was held in Hong Kong at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.
On 19 August 2025, the chargé d'affaire of Togo Tchaa Batchassi Gnama signed the IOMed convention in Beijing.
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International Organization for Mediation
The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed; simplified Chinese: 国际调解院; traditional Chinese: 國際調解院) is an intergovernmental mediation council for international disputes. It is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The founding members include China, Algeria, Belarus, Cambodia, Djibouti, Indonesia, Laos, Pakistan, Serbia, and Sudan.
According to the government of the People's Republic of China, the establishment of IOMed came out its efforts to mediate a dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan that started with Ethiopia's decision in 2011 to begin work on its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
In October 2022, Ma Xinmin, ambassador of the PRC to the Republic of Sudan, and Ali Al-Sadiq Ali, the acting foreign minister of Sudan, held a signing and handover ceremony for the "Joint Statement on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation" at the Sudan Friendship Hall in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
In December 2022, the Hong Kong Chief Executive in Council enacted the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) (Amendment) Bill 2022 in accordance with the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Ordinance (Chapter 558) of the Laws of Hong Kong, with the purpose of providing privileges and immunities to the Preparatory Office of IOMed and its associated persons, and to allow Hong Kong to host the organisation itself. Hong Kong was chosen as the official headquarters due to its bilingual common law framework—Hong Kong is the only jurisdiction in China that follows common law—and due to the one country, two systems principle, under which Hong Kong has to also work with the civil law of mainland China.
On 16 February 2023, IOMed's Preparatory Office was established with Sun Jin appointed as its director-general and on 17 February 2023, representatives of the signatories of the Joint Statement on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation attended the inauguration ceremony, which Qin Gang, then Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, delivered a video speech.
In early 2024, it was decided that the headquarters of IOMed is to be located at the Old Wan Chai Police Station.
On 30 May 2025, the signing ceremony for the establishment of the organisation was held in Hong Kong at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.
On 19 August 2025, the chargé d'affaire of Togo Tchaa Batchassi Gnama signed the IOMed convention in Beijing.
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