UNMA, to Select Next Director General on Friday ON JUNE 27, 2018 BY NARESH SAGAR LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT Geneva – On Friday, 29 June 2018, the Council of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Migration Agency, will convene in Geneva to hold a vote for the election of its next Director General. IOM’s current Director General, William Lacy Swing, will be stepping down after completing the second of two five-year terms. Voting member states – of which there will be 171 – will select from among three candidates, each nominated by their home governments. The three candidates are Mr. Ken Isaacs, nominated by the United States, Ms. Laura Thompson, nominated by Costa Rica, and Mr. Antonio Vitorino, nominated by Portugal. Voting is by secret ballot and will begin Friday morning. Under the rules of procedure, the winning candidate must receive at least two-thirds of all votin...