The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Today the Secretary-General appointed Hina Jilani of Pakistan as his Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders.
The Secretary-General today appointed Peter Leuprecht of Austria as his new Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Hatsuhisa Takashima as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo. He will take up his duties on 1 September 2000.
The Secretary-General today appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). She will take up her new responsibilities at the Nairobi-based agency in the next three months.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Hannah Yilma as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. She is expected to take up her duties on 25 July.
