KAMALESH SHARMA, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE-DESIGNATE

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR EAST TIMOR

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS IBRAHIMA FALL AS HIS SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE AND HEAD OF WEST AFRICA OFFICE

SERGEI ORDZHONIKIDZE APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES ANWARUL CHOWDHURY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEAST DEVELOPED

COUNTRIES, LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANTONIO MARIA COSTA DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UN OFFICE

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEAN ARNAULT DEPUTY

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN

The Secretary-General today appointed Jean Arnault as his Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan.  Mr. Arnault, whose appointment at the level of Assistant Secretary-General comes into effect immediately, succeeds Francesc Vendrell who retired from the United Nations at the end of January.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BRIGITA SCHMŐGNEROVÁ AS NEW EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

OF ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Brigita Schmögnerová as the new Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, at the Under-Secretary-General level.

WINSTON A. TUBMAN APPOINTED HEAD OF SOMALIA POLITICAL OFFICE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has designated Winston A. Tubman as Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS).  Mr. Tubman will assume his duties next month in Nairobi, Kenya, where the Office is currently located.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEFFREY SACHS SPECIAL ADVISER

ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Secretary-General has appointed Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University, as Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals.