Synonyms for high commissioner
high com·mis·sion·er

Princeton's WordNet

1. high commissionernoun

   a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank

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1. Jens Laerke:

   This is, from our initial analysis, the largest number of people in a single period since the Syrian crisis began almost nine years ago, so it's the fastest growing displacement we have ever seen in the country. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Andrej Mahecic said the harsh winter weather was making their suffering worse and shelter was hard to find.

2. Sonya Sceats:

   The UN human rights chief has rightly concluded that Sri Lanka's domestic courts are ill-equipped to prosecute the heinous international crimes exposed by the UN investigation, sri Lankan torture survivors in treatment with us are adamant that they cannot trust a purely domestic process and will take comfort from the High Commissioner's warning that there must not be a replay of past broken promises.

3. Anne Bayefsky:

   Those who welcome this U.N. intervention should be aware that their comments … can be added to a long list of anti-American outbursts, like the former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights questioning the legality of killing of Usama bin Laden.

4. Andrew Parsons:

   We will include the Afghanistan flag in the ceremony in a sign of solidarity and we have invited the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative here to act as the flagbearer, it is important to highlight that as it is a message of solidarity and peace that we send to the world.

5. Chen Xu:

   We hope to see the High Commissioner pay a visit to China including a trip to Xinjiang to see by herself ... Seeing is believing, the invitation to the High Commissioner is always there, we hope to define a time which is convenient to both sides.