Appointments


SG/A/623
10 May 1996


Press Release
SG/A/623
CA/121


DAVID STEPHEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION MISSION IN GUATEMALA

19960510 Predecessor Leonardo Franco Is Praised by Secretary-General For Leadership of MINUGUA in Efforts to Advance Cause of Peace

This statement was issued today by the spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

SG/A/614

Biographical Note Samir Sanbar, Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information, today announced the appointment of Sylvana Foa as Spokeswoman for the Secretary- General, effective 1 January 1996, replacing Joe B. Sills, who has been appointed Director of the United Nations Office in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Foa is currently serving as Chief of Public Affairs for the World Food Programme in Rome.

From 1991 to March 1995, she was Spokeswoman and Chief of Public Information for the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees.