Hi, this is Paula. Washington's support for Amy Pope, deputy director at the International Organization for Migration – who had taken leave to run against her boss, António Vitorino – paid off on Monday, after she was elected by the UN agency’s Council.
Elsewhere in Geneva, the World Health Organization said sugar substitutes were not the sweet pill many have hoped for. And the WWF wants humanity to give up its addiction to single-use plastics. |
Amy Pope, who was elected Monday to lead the IOM, has said the agency is stuck in an antiquated way of looking at the issue and in desperate need of renewal. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)
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