Suva, 10 August - Fiji’s Foreign Minister, Hon. Ratu Inoke Kubuabola received a courtesy call today from the newly appointed regional representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Pacific Dr Chitralekha Massey.
Minister Kubuabola formally welcomed Dr Massey to Fiji and assured his Ministry’s support to OHCHR’s regional Office.
Dr Massey expressed her delight to be in Fiji and expressed her desire to strengthen OHCHR's cooperation with Government agencies including the Fiji Police Forces, Fiji Corrections Services and Disaster Management Office.
Dr Massey previously worked in Tanzania as Senior Human Rights Adviser and also in Iraq as Deputy Director for the Iraq Wide Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq.