{"id":350522,"date":"2025-12-19T01:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/un-elects-former-iraqi-president-barham-salih-to-lead-unhcr\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T01:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:40:24","slug":"un-elects-former-iraqi-president-barham-salih-to-lead-unhcr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=350522","title":{"rendered":"UN elects former Iraqi president Barham Salih to lead UNHCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/b6e21fa4-d783-11f0-9afe-005056bf30b7\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/a75dd19de2e59c1aa8058362aa73ecb13527b616.jpg\" \/><br \/>The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the UN refugee agency, the first from the Middle East since the late 1970s. 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