Pope and Vitorino shook hands and smiled as they arrived together for the announcement that she had won. The face-off was unusual in that Pope was looking to unseat her boss in a contest between allies. Eight of the agency’s 10 directors general since the International Organization for Migration was founded 72 years ago have been American. The organization has nearly 19,000 staff members working in 171 countries to promote “humane and orderly” migration. IOM, which counts 175 member countries, is responding to mass migration crises in places as diverse as Bangladesh, Ukraine, Sudan and South American nations that neighbor Venezuela.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 15, 2023 16:12 UTC