The Secretary-General has appointed Maria Costa Pinto as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Lisbon effective 1 November.
The Secretary-General announced the appointment of James Holger of Chile as Acting Special Representative and Chief of Mission of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), following the resignation for family reasons of Ann Hercus.
Ambassador Also to Serve as Personal Representative to Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority
The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Alfredo Lopes Cabral, who is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations, as his next Representative and Head of the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH).
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Ambassador Ivo Petrov of Bulgaria with effect from 20 September 1999, to succeed Jan Kubis as Special Representative for Tajikistan. Mr. Kubis relinquished his post on 21 June 1999 to become Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reappointed Carol Bellamy, the Executive Director of the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), to a second five-year term as head of the agency.
This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General today named Giandomenico Picco as his Personal Representative for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Brigadier Rezaqul Haider of Bangladesh as Chief Military Liaison Officer of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET). Brigadier Haider will assume the post shortly.
