Pillay to serve new 2-year term as UN rights chief 

14 May 2012 
FOCUS News Agency
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New York. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday he has asked UN human rights chief Navi Pillay to stay on for an extra two years, AFP reports.
Pillay's four-year term as head of the UN human rights monitoring operation ends this year. Ban's office said he had proposed that the 193-member UN General Assembly to vote the extension for the former South African judge.
The secretary general is pleased that he was able to prevail on Ms Pillay, subject to General Assembly approval, to stay on as high commissioner for human rights for two more years, said a statement released by Ban's office.
Ban trusts the General Assembly will approve this extension.
Pillay has taken a leading role in speaking out on the need to protect civilians in Libya, Syria and other Arab uprising countries in recent months.