SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR GENERAL LALIT MOHAN TEWARI

FORCE COMMANDER OF UNIFIL

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major General Lalit Mohan Tewari as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to succeed Major General Seth Kofi Obeng, who relinquished the command on 15 May.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DYSANE ABDALLAH DORANI DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN CAIRO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Mr. Dysane Dorani, a national of Djibouti, as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Dorani assumed his duties on 1 August.

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES AMOS NGONGI (CAMEROON) AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772*

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772/Rev.1*

MAJOR GENERAL HERMANN K. LOIDOLT 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 Hermann K. Loidolt of Austria as Chief Military Observer in the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to succeed Major General Saavedra whose contract expired on 10 July.

DENNIS MCNAMARA APPOINTED DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR EAST TIMOR

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Dennis McNamara as his Deputy Special Representative for East Timor.  Mr. McNamara will take over from

Jean-Christian Cady, who will be leaving at the end of June.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS STEPHEN LEWIS AS SPECIAL ENVOY

FOR HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA

The Secretary-General has appointed Stephen Lewis as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ADOLF OGI, FORMER PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND,

SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN KOSOVO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Gary L. Matthews of the United States as his Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).  Mr. Matthews will replace Jock Covey, who had served in the same position since the middle of 1999.