Approval of the Appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/DEC/76/423View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117i Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 1997–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/80/426

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/DEC/80/426	Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	—	—
2022	A/DEC/76/423	Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	99	53%Compare
2018	A/DEC/72/422	Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	78	63%Compare
2015	A/DEC/68/420	Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	66	59%Compare
2012	A/DEC/66/423	Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights	68	66%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Appointment of Officials

What’s in this document?

1 operative paragraph

At its 102nd plenary meeting, on 8 September 2022, the General Assembly approved the appointment by the Secretary-General16 of Volker TÜRK (Austria) as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a fouryear term of office.

Subsequently, the Secretary-General informed the General Assembly that the term of office of Mr. TÜRK would be from 12 October 2022 to 11 October 2026.17

16 See A/76/939.

17 See A/76/939/Add.1.

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