Feb 22, 2019
On this episode of The Global Cable, Perry World House Inaugural Director William Burke-White and Global Shifts Program Manager Jocelyn Perry are joined by former U.S. Ambassador William Lacy Swing, former Director General of the International Organization for Migration, to discuss migration, displacement, and the age of humanitarian crises, including how the global community might ensure “safe, orderly, and regular” migration in a disorderly world.
Ambassador William Lacy Swing led the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from 2008-2018. Previously, he was the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo and for Western Sahara, as well as Chief of Mission for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. He was also a six-time ambassador with the U.S. Department of State.
00:10 - Introduction with Inaugural Director Prof. Willian Burke-White and Global Shifts Program Manager Jocelyn Perry
04:40 - The International Organization of Migration
07:28 - The Global Compact on Migration
10:08 - The Role of Policy & The Press
12:30 - Ambassador Swing's Career in Africa
15:30 - The UN'S Preventative Action against Forced Migration
17:23 - The Importance of American Diplomacy
21:50 - Restoring Trust in our Alliances
23:00 - Population Growth & Distribution
25:15 - Interesting Global Fact: International Migrants
26:30 - Outro
Music and Produced by Tre Hester