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SG/A/614

SYLVANA FOA APPOINTED SPOKESWOMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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.

SG/A/613

MAJOR-GENERAL GIAN GIUSEPPE SANTILLO (ITALY) TO COMMAND UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVER MISSION (UNIKOM)

30 October 1995


Press Release
SG/A/613


MAJOR-GENERAL GIAN GIUSEPPE SANTILLO (ITALY) TO COMMAND UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVER MISSION (UNIKOM)

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Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has announced the appointment of Major-General Gian Giuseppe Santillo of Italy to be Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM), with effect from 1 December next.