Dr. Türk took office as the eighth United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva in October 2022. Previously, Dr. Türk served as Under-Secretary-General for Policy (2021-2022) and Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York (2019-2021). In this role, he coordinated system-wide strategic actions and policy issues, including the Secretary-General's report "Our Common Agenda"—a vision for strengthening multilateralism that served as the basis for the Summit of the Future and the Pact for the Future. As Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR in Geneva (2015-2019), Dr. Türk played a key role in the development of the Global Compact on Refugees. Prior to that, Dr. Türk held key positions with UNHCR in Geneva and in various countries, including Malaysia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kuwait. Türk received his doctorate in international law from the University of Vienna and has published numerous academic works on international refugee law and international human rights issues.