How Volker Turk won new UN rights chief term despite US, Israel opposition

Volker Turk has secured re-election as the United Nations human rights chief, winning a new four-year term. According to Al Jazeera, the General Assembly voted one hundred forty-four to ten in his favor, despite opposition from the United States, Israel, and Russia.

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