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

A/DEC/58/417View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 2004.

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

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Appointment of Officials

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At its 81st plenary meeting, on 25 February 2004, the General Assembly approved the appointment by the Secretary-General2 of Ms. Louise ARBOUR (Canada) as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a four-year term of office.

Subsequently, the Secretary-General informed the General Assembly that Ms. Arbour’s term of office would be from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2008.3

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