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South Africa: UN boss plans to name SA judge for top UN job
Fri. July 25, 2008 02:16 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -

(SomaliNet) The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has formally informed the General Assembly that he plans to name South African judge Navanethem Pillay to succeed Louise Arbour as high commissioner for human rights, his spokesperson said on Thursday.

"It is now up to the (192-member) General Assembly to approve" the choice of Pillay, who currently serves as an appeals chamber judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC), spokesperson Michele Montas said. - Sapa-AFP

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