The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, will visit the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in late February and early March, her spokesman announced today.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson today said she was honoured by the General Assembly's decision to extend her mandate for an additional year, and accepted it "with enthusiasm."
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has formally proposed that the United Nations General Assembly extend the appointment of Mary Robinson as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for one year, until 11 September 2002.
