| Press Release SG/A/792 BIO/3410 |
Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES ANWARUL CHOWDHURY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEAST DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES, LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
| Press Release SG/A/791 BIO/3409 |
Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANTONIO MARIA COSTA DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UN OFFICE
| Press Release SG/A/790 AFG/189 |
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.
| Press Release SG/A/789 BIO/3408 REC/101 |
Biographical Note
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.
| Press Release SG/A/788 |
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.
| Press Release SG/A/786 DEV/2370 |
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.
| Press Release SG/A/785 AFG/186 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NIGEL FISHER AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN
While on his first official visit to Kabul on 25 January 2002, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of Nigel Fisher as his Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan.
| Press Release SG/A/784 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL STEINER
AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO
The Secretary-General has appointed Michael Steiner of Germany to be his Special Representative for Kosovo.
| Press Release SG/A/783 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The Secretary-General has appointed Joke Waller-Hunter of the Netherlands as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to succeed Michael Zammit Cutajar, who retires on 31 January. The appointment has been made after consultations with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau.
