SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BEHROOZ SADRY OF IRAN DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Albert Tevoedjre of Benin as his Special Envoy for Côte d’Ivoire today.

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/829*

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOSHIYUKI NIWA AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN MANAGEMENT PROJECT

MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCISZEK GĄGOR OF POLAND APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Franciszek Gągor of Poland as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 17 January 2003.

KIRAN BEDI OF INDIA APPOINTED CIVILIAN POLICE ADVISER

IN DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

      The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Kiran Bedi of India as the new Civilian Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE ANNOUNCE ELECTION

OF PRESIDING JUDGES, APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR FOR SPECIAL COURT

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CATHERINE BERTINI OF UNITED STATES

AS NEW UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Catherine Bertini of the United States as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, effective 1 January 2003.   

JAMES LEMOYNE APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVISER ON COLOMBIA

The Secretary-General has appointed James LeMoyne as Special Adviser on Colombia.  Mr. LeMoyne had been serving as Acting Special Adviser since January 2002.  The appointment, at the Assistant Secretary-General level, is effective as of 1 November.