AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR AMBASSADOR SWING'S

UNCLAS VIENNA 001890 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR G/PRM AND EUR/AGS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG SUBJECT: AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR AMBASSADOR SWING'S IOM CANDIDACY REF: STATE 93920 ¶1. On July 13, EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche in support of Ambassador William Swing's candidacy to become Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Andrea Ikic-Boehm and Michael Brunner from the MFA's Department of Asylum, Residence, and Immigration Matters. Ikic-Boehm stated that she was unable to confirm support of the candidacy on such short notice. However, she promised to pass Ambassador Swing's biographic information and our request to the appropriate MFA and MOI offices and to inform us as soon as the GoA reaches a decision on this issue. Kilner