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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SISSEL EKAAS OF NORWAY DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE OF UN MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Sissel Ekaas of Norway as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. 

Secretary-General Appoints Nasra Hassan as Director

 

of UN Information Service in Vienna

 

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOMO SUNDARAM (MALAYSIA) AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL

ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Jomo Kwame Sundaram of Malaysia as Assistant Secretary-General on Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HOCINE MEDILI OF ALGERIA

 

AS PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN HAITI

 

The Secretary-General has announced the appointment of Hocine Medili of Algeria as Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

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BRIGADIER GENERAL clive LILLEY APPOINTED CHIEF OF STAFF

OF UN TRUCE SUPERVISION ORGANIZATION (UNTSO)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Brigadier General Clive Lilley of New Zealand as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), to succeed Major General Carl Dodd, from Ireland, who relinquished his post on 30 September 2004.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR DARFUR

MAJOR-GENERAL PALMIERI APPOINTED CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER

 

IN UN MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Guido Palmieri of Italy as Chief Military Observer in the United Nations Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MEHR KHAN WILLIAMS OF PAKISTAN

DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Mehr Khan Williams as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.  The appointment is at the Assistant-Secretary-General level.

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VOLKER PETZOLDT APPOINTed DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN MEXICO CITY

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Volker Petzoldt as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico City.  Mr. Petzoldt, who will assume his duties on 23 August 2004, succeeds Angel Escudero, who has retired from the service of the Organization.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SHALINI DEWAN AS DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN NEW DELHI

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Shalini Dewan as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in New Delhi.  Ms. Dewan, who took up her duties on 16 August, succeeds Feodor Starcevic, who has retired from the service of the Organization.