UN migration agency elects American as 1st woman director

Published May 15, 2023 10:01 AM

By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says Amy Pope of the United States has been elected as its next director general. She will be the first woman to head the International Organization for Migration. Pope currently serves as the deputy of Director General Antonio Vitorino, a former Portuguese government minister, and ran against him for the job. The IOM said member states elected Pope to lead the Geneva-based agency during a special session on Monday. She will start her five-year term on Oct. 1

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