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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Biographical Note

JUAN GABRIEL VALDES APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

AND HEAD OF UN MISSION IN HAITI

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Juan Gabriel Valdes of Chile as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).  Ambassador Valdes will take up his position in August 2004.

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MAJOR-GENERAL RAJENDER SINGH APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

The Secretary-General has appointed Major-General Rajender Singh of India as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).  The Major-General is expected to arrive in the Mission area by 19 July 2004.

JUAN E. MÉNDEZ OF ARGENTINA APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVISER ON PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Juan Méndez of Argentina as his Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide.

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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi of Pakistan appointed Special Representative for Iraq

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Ashraf Jehangir Qazi of Pakistan as his Special Representative for Iraq.

Mr.Qazi’s appointment as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General comes after a long and distinguished career with the Pakistani diplomatic service.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SØREN JESSEN-PETERSEN OF DENMARK

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN KOSOVO

Secretary-General appoints jan pronk special representative for sudan

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Jan Pronk as his Special Representative for the Sudan and head of the peace support operation that may be authorized following a Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army.  The appointment is effective 18 June 2004.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

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SATYA N. NANDAN RE-ELECTED AS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY

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Secretary-General appoints Sukehiro Hasegawa of Japan

as Special Representative in Timor-Leste