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UN assembly approves four-year extension in mandate of rights chief
🇺🇦 UkraineJul 24, 2026 20:46SRC: AL MONITOR
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July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding. Turk, an outspoken critic of Russia's war in Ukraine and Israel's conduct in Gaza who has also called for investigations into deaths in U.S. immigration custody, had drawn strong opposition from all three countries over his willingness to challenge major powe
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July 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding.
Turk, an outspoken critic of Russia's war in Ukraine and Israel's conduct in Gaza who has also called for investigations into deaths in U.S. immigration custody, had drawn strong opposition from all three countries over his willingness to challenge major powers.
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