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SG/A/662
21 January 1998


Press Release
SG/A/662
BIO/3130*


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NADIA YOUNES AS UNITED NATIONS PROTOCOL CHIEF

19980121 Biographical Note Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Nadia Younes as United Nations Chief of Protocol. Ms. Younes, who assumed her new post on 19 January, succeeds Livio Muzi Falconi.

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Younes was the Director of the Media Division, Department of Public Information (DPI).

SG/A/660

Biographical Note Former Permanent Representative to United Nations Becomes First Person To Hold Newly Established Post

 

Secretary-General Kofi Annan this afternoon announced the appointment of Louise Fréchette of Canada as his Deputy Secretary-General, the first person to hold the post since it was established by the General Assembly last month. She is due to assume her new responsibilities at the end of February 1998.