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Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the United Nations Human Rights on 8th Sep 2022?
A)
Achim Steiner
B)
Alexander Betts
C)
Volker Turk
D)
Walter Kälin

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Volker Turk


Austrian career UN official Volker Turk has been appointed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
 
Within hours of his nomination by Guterres on Thursday(8th September 2022), he received the Assembly's approval to succeed Michelle Bachelet, who left after completing her term last month.
 
The appointment was made while Guterres was on his way to meet with victims of Pakistan's floods.
 
Turk, who is from Austria, has worked with human rights-related issues at the UN's office for refugees, where his last position was the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection.
 
"Turk has devoted his long and distinguished career to advancing universal human rights, notably the international protection of some of the world's most vulnerable people - refugees and stateless persons," Guterres's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
 
He will be the eighth high commissioner and the second, after Sergio Vieira de Mello, to have worked at the refugees agency..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : September 10, 2022
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