UN HR chief to step down
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Canadian jurist Louise Arbour, said Friday she will step down when her current term in office expires on June 30.
"It is very much for personal reasons. I'm not prepared to make this commitment for another four years," said Arbour in Geneva.
Arbour, 61, a former chief prosecutor of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has been at odds with several UN member states, notably in the developing world, for her tough stance on their human rights records.
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