The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, He said this Thursday that after four years in office the situation in the world has not really improved, and that the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the lack of political will have been major obstacles to this.
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“The work on human rights never ends,” said Bachelet, who is one week away from concluding her mandate at the head of the largest international structure dedicated to protecting and promoting rights and freedoms in the world.
At a press conference to take stock of her management, the former president of Chile explained that from the perspective of the UN, solutions to problems are sought, but when agreements are barely being reached on how to act, a new crisis arises that concentrates the everyone’s attention, as is now the case with the war in Ukraine.
“It’s a very frustrating thing not to be able to go much further and sometimes you feel like the world isn’t a better place at all,” he said.
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About your work
Before the journalists, he described his way of working as that of someone who seeks results, like when the execution of a person is imminent and instead of making public statements, he would pick up the phone and call directly the president of the country involved.
“Sometimes I was successful, sometimes I wasn’t,” he confessed.
The covid-19 pandemic was another major obstacle for Bachelet to do what she had planned, as it interrupted her visits to the field, her personal contacts with authorities and victims, and even with the staff of her agency in Geneva, at least during the most acute period of contagion.
If he had done some things differently, he assured that he always tried to act with professionalism and efficiency.
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Bachelet will return to Chile
Bachelet indicated that her intention is to return to Chile, although this will still be in the course of October, so that on September 4 she will vote from Geneva in favor of the new proposed Constitution, as revealed.
He maintained that he is convinced that this Constitution, if approved in the referendum, will be an instrument of progress for his country, where it is speculated what role it will have in the new stage that is opening.
In this regard, Bachelet said that until August 31 she will be the UN High Commissioner, that at the moment he is concentrating on this and does not have very definite plans for his return.
However, she herself acknowledged that she does not intend to return to Chile to “start knitting” and that throughout her life -including the periods in which she has lived abroad- she has always maintained an interest in everything that happens in his country.
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Bachelet’s successor
The position at the head of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is one of the most sensitive in the organization and more susceptible to external pressure, due to the delicate issues involved and because one of its essential functions is to complaint.
Bachelet’s successor will be proposed by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and must be endorsed by the General Assembly, but no strong-sounding names have been leaked for this position.
Bachelet said she has heard that some 50 people have applied for the position and revealed – without giving names – that some have contacted her for advice.
I will be available to speak or give recommendations to whoever is elected
“Whoever it is will have their own approach and way of fulfilling their task, and I will be available to speak or give recommendations to whoever is chosen. There are things that you never know until you arrive,” he added.
On this occasion, the issue of gender or the region of origin of the candidates will not be criteria that will favor some over others, since in fact more women than men have held the position, and all regions have been represented at some point since 1994, when the body was created.
EFE
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