Diplomats: Chile's Bachelet to be new UN human rights chief
Source: Associated Press
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
Updated 1:21 pm CDT, Wednesday, August 8, 2018
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Diplomats say Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen Chile's former President Michelle Bachelet to be the next U.N. human rights chief, a high-profile and often controversial job.
U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a group of ambassadors Tuesday of Guterres' decision, the diplomats said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because there has been no official announcement.
The new U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights must be confirmed by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said he could not confirm Bachelet's selection but said "the process is nearing its conclusion" and "I expect a name will be sent fairly soon" to the assembly.
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General Alberto Bachelet, Chilean officer who remained loyal to the elected President Salvador Allende, who was subsequently imprisoned and tortured for his loyalty by the US-supported General Augusto Pinochet, and died in prison of a heart attack. He wrote a letter to his family every day he was imprisoned:
File pictures of Michelle Bachelet, elected president of Chile Jan. 15, 2006 in Santiago, Chile in 1961 - Michelle Bachelet (9 years) with her father Alberto Bachelet, her mother Angela Jeria and her brother Alberto Bachelet Jeria. Click for image:
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General Alberto Bachelet and his daughter, Michelle:
