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The Portuguese Antonio Vitorino was elected Friday (29) Director General of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) to replace the American William Lacy Swing.
Vitorino, who will take office on 1 October, was European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (1999-2014) and Minister of Presidency and Defense (1995-1997) of Portugal under the Prime Minister's Government Socialist of then António Guterres, current Secretary General of the United Nations
Lawyer by training, Vitorino competed for the highest post of IOM at the coast.
In September 2016, IOM became the United Nations agency specializing in migration, after five decades as an independent multilateral body. IOM had only US leaders, who were perceived as a kind of tradition favorable to maintaining the significant financial support that the United States provided to the institution.
In addition to the Portuguese and Costa Ricans, American Ken Isaacs, whose image was closely linked to that of Donald Trump and his migration policy of zero tolerance during the campaign, also took over.
The US candidate was eliminated in the third round of voting, while he only got 22 votes, against 52 for the representative of Costa Rica and
Brazil rents the choice [19659008] The Brazilian government, through the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Itamaraty, praised the choice of António Vitorino. In a note, Itamaraty reported that Brazil is ready to collaborate with the successful mandate of the new Director General.
"The Brazilian Government hopes that the elected Director General of IOM will succeed in leading the organization as a leading agency in the field of migration, in the implementation and monitoring of the Global Compact on Migration , as well as in achieving migration-related goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. "
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