The World - News from Dec. 11, 1985
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Jean-Pierre Hocke, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross, was elected the United Nations’ new high commissioner for refugees in a unanimous vote by the General Assembly. Hocke, 47, a Swiss, succeeds Poul Hartling of Denmark in the $120,000-a-year post, which administers programs on behalf of about 10 million refugees worldwide. He takes office Jan. 1.
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