The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has proposed the appointment of the Austrian Volker Türk as the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to a document sent to the General Assembly which will have to approve this choice . According to several diplomatic sources, Mr. Guterres told UN member states on Wednesday evening that he wanted the appointment to this post of Mr. Türk, currently assistant secretary-general in charge of policy within his cabinet, in order to replace Michelle Bachelet who left her post on August 31. "The Secretary-General proposes to appoint Mr. Volker Türk ( Austria ) as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," Antonio Guterres wrote to the General Assembly, in a letter seen by AFP on Thursday . "The Secretary General is confident that the General Assembly will approve his appointment." The UN General Assembly should take up this issue on Thursday or Friday, according to the sources interviewed. The Austr...