UN rights chief seeks to establish presence in China and India

The U.N. Human Rights chief called on Monday for greater political support for his office ashe seeks to expand its work by establishing a first-time presence in China and India.
Volker Turk, who took over as high commissioner late last year, used his opening speech to the Human Rights Council to call for greater cooperation and singled out many countries such as Syria, Iran, Israel, Russia and Eritrea that should do more.
“We would now like to scale up engagement,” he told the Geneva council, saying he wanted to do more monitoring work in countries like Brazil and the United States. “I also believe that it is important for us to establish a presence for the first time in China and India.”
The U.N. rights office has a presence in 95 countries.