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UN assembly approves four-year extension in mandate of rights chief
The UN General Assembly approved a four-year extension for UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk, rejecting a Russian counter-proposal to limit his term. Russia, Israel, and the United States opposed the extension, while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres supported it.
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