US candidate Amy Pope elected first female Director-General of UN Migration Agency

The International Organization for Migration elected Amy Pope, a US lawyer focused on migration, as its new leader.
Pope defeated the incumbent Director-General, Antonio Vitorino of Portugal, who withdrew from the race.
Pope received strong backing from the Biden administration for the role.
The election comes as the agency responds to mass migration crises around the world, including at the US-Mexico border and in Sudan.
Pope aims to keep migrants at the heart of the IOM's work while reforming governance and budgeting.