Georg Georgiev Talks with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk
25 February 2025 News
Bulgaria highly values the contribution of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the protection of human rights and the strengthening of the institution's independence and effectiveness. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev during a meeting with Commissioner Volker Türk.
The two spoke in Geneva during Minister Georgiev's visit on the occasion of the opening of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
In the context of numerous armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, climate disasters, and growing inequality, Georgiev and Türk united around the need for strengthened and joint efforts by the international community to uphold and protect human rights, emphasizing that the rules-based international order – with human rights at its core – remains indispensable.