Amy Pope will become the first woman to serve as director general of the International Organization for Migration.
GENEVA (AN) — The next head of the International Organization for Migration will be Amy Pope, an American lawyer already serving as the agency's deputy chief in charge of management and reform.
Pope, with the backing of U.S. President Joe Biden, defeated her boss, IOM Director General António Vitorino, a Portuguese lawyer, socialist and veteran politician with the backing of the European Union, during the IOM Council's 6th Special Session, IOM announced on Monday.
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An internal audit found a US$31 million funding gap and deficiencies in U.N. Climate Change's Transparency Division.
The U.N. and other aid agencies scrambled to step up relief as Israel and Hamas began a four-day truce.
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Oil and plastic producing nations and lobbyists sought more emphasis on recycling instead of production cuts.
