SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AMINATA S. DJERMAKOYE AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL

Aminata S. Djermakoye, formerly Chef de Cabinet in the United Nations Office at Geneva, took up her appointment today, 1 November, as Chief of Protocol at United Nations Headquarters.

                                                                  SG/A/821*

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW MILITARY ADVISER

IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT

The Secretary-General has appointed Major General Patrick Cammaert as Military Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.  The appointment will become effective in November.

Major General Cammaert, a national of the Netherlands, will succeed Major General Tim Ford from Australia.

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW FORCE COMMANDER FOR UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has today appointed Major-General Robert Gordon of the United Kingdom as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).  The Major-General is expected to arrive in the Mission area by late October 2002.

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/818

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/817*

AFR/491

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/876

MAJOR-GENERAL PUONTI APPOINTED CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER IN UNITED NATIONS

MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Pertti Juhani Puonti of Finland as Chief Military Observer in the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CATHERINE BERTINI AS PERSONAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY

Following is the statement issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today on his appointment of Catherine Bertini as his Personal Humanitarian Envoy:

APPOINTMENTS TO SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT

The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone, in implementation of the relevant provisions of the Agreement on the Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone, signed in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 16 January, have today announced the appointments of eight judges who will serve on the Trial Chamber and the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court which has its seat in Freetown.