Navanethem Pillay - High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ms. Navanethem Pillay officially began her four-year term as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday, 1st of September. The approval of the appointment was issued as document (A/62/913) of 24th July 2008. At the 116th meeting of the General Assembly in New York on 28 July 2008, the Secretary-General's nominee was confirmed by consensus.
Read the press-release; Biography (BIO/3996, UN press-release).