A former adviser to Syrian President Hafez Assad reportedly wants to become the next U.N. high commissioner for human rights. Syrian law professor George Jabbour sent a letter to U.N. Secretary- General Kofi Annan this week in which he expressed interest in succeeding Mary Robinson, whose term as commissioner ends in September, according to the Jerusalem Post, which cited the Beirut Daily Star newspaper.
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