As part of an unusually tense competition between allies that opened on Monday, May 15, 2023 in Geneva, the United States and Europe presented rival candidates to head the United Nations Migration Agency.

L The International Organization for Migration (IOM) strives to ensure humane and orderly migration. For this reason, it intervened in emergency situations to help vulnerable people. It is noted that more than 100 million people are forcibly displaced around the world. At the closed-door meeting on Monday morning, IOM's 175 member states voted by secret ballot. The Deputy Director of IOM, Amy Pope, a former White House adviser supported personally by US President Joe Biden, and her boss, the Portuguese António Vitorino, who has led the organization since 2018, are the candidates nominated to head the UN Migration Agency

The candidates are IOM Deputy Director Amy Pope, a former White House adviser supported personally by US President Joe Biden, and her boss, the Portuguese António Vitorino, who has led the organization since 2018.