by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014

AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights.

The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Prince Zeid, who succeeded Navi Pillay, is the first Muslim, Asian and Arab to hold the post, and the seventh individual to lead the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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