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.
U.N. leaders hailed Pope Francis as a champion of the environment and tireless advocate of refugees and migrants.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
Scoop: The cuts result from Trump abolishing Biden-era efforts to save lives through legal U.S. immigration options.
Scoop: The budget freeze is part of almost $700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States.
CERN announced that lead ions smashed together broke the atoms into more recognizable forms such as lead to gold.
On a hike with reporters in a snow-covered pine forest, a Latvian colonel pointed to a border array of tank deterrents.
Sudan asked the U.N.'s top court to instruct the U.A.E. to prevent civilian killings, but the court lacked jurisdiction.
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