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UN human rights council elects new president

Xinhua, December 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday elected Choi Kyong-lim, permanent representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN office here, as its new president for a term beginning on Jan. 1, 2016.

The council also appointed Ramon Alberto Morales Quijano of Panama, Janis Karklins of Latvia, Negash Kebret Botora of Ethiopia, and Bertrand de Crombrugghe of Belgium to the positions of its vice presidents.

All five candidates will serve as members of the Human Rights Council Bureau from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2016, which will mark the tenth anniversary of the UN Human Rights Council.

"In its first ten years, the council has established the framework of standards and mechanisms to promote and protect human rights, now is the time to put it into real effect," Choi said upon his being elected.

At Monday's meeting, the 47 members of the Human Rights Council also decided the theme for the 2016 high-level panel on human rights would be "the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and human rights, with an emphasis on the right to development." Endit