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UN migration agency elects first female director
Newly-elected Director General of the UN's International Organisation for Migration (OIM) Amy Pope speaks during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 15 May 2023. Credit: Pierre Albouy/EPA
The United Nations' International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has elected Amy Pope as its next director general. The 49-year-old former US lawyer defeated her boss, IOM Director General and European Union nominee António Vitorino of Portugal, who had been in the post for five years following his succession over a Trump administration candidate.
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